Chavez Promises To
Continue Work To
Liberate FARC Hostages
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez said
Wednesday he will try to
contact with the
Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC)
to secure hostages'
release.
Chavez told French
President Nicolas
Sarkozy on phone and
offered "to try to make
contact" with the FARC.
During a meeting with
Portuguese Prime
Minister Jose Socrates,
Chavez also said he will
not only "continue doing
the impossible to win
freedom for Ingrid
Betancourt - who was
kidnapped on Feb. 23,
2002 -- but for all the
hostages that are in
Colombian jungles."
Colombian government has
said documents found in
the computer of Raul
Reyes, the No.2 leader
of FARC, showed close
links between Chavez and
FARC. Chavez has denied
the charges, saying
"We're trying to combat
terrorism."
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