http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Colombia and the FARC 60 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:24:00 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/612532.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/612532.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:02 EDT Colombia's Juan Carlos Lecompte spent six years trying to liberate his hostage wife, Ingrid Betancourt. But when she finally stepped off a plane at the Bogota airport, Betancourt gave Lecompte a stiff hug, then flew to Paris the next day without him. <br> http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/611645.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/611645.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:57 EDT More than a million Colombians poured onto the streets nationwide and across the globe Sunday in massive rallies demanding the release of hundreds of rebel-held hostages. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/608109.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/608109.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:34 EDT Prospects for peace negotiations with Latin America's last major rebel army have all but disappeared after Colombia tricked the guerrillas into handing over their most prized captives without firing a shot. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/606712.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/606712.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:00 EDT A member of the military mission that tricked Colombian rebels into freeing 15 hostages wore the insignia of the International Red Cross during the operation, President Alvaro Uribe said Wednesday. His government apologized to the Red Cross for the incident, which Uribe called an unauthorized error by a nervous soldier. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/607053.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/607053.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:12 EDT Patricia Nieto fears that the predicament of husband Sigifredo López and other hostages will be forgotten now that more famous captives have been rescued. While the nation celebrates the recent rescue of 15 captives, families of 700 others taken by the same rebel group are left waiting. <br> http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/604385.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/604385.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:55 EDT The daring jungle rescue July 2 of 15 hostages held by Colombian guerrillas might never have happened if not for a controversial decision six years ago in Congress to allow American military aid to Colombia to be used in "unified campaign" against drugs and terrorism.<br> http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/604125.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/604125.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:58 EDT Since Ingrid Betancourt's liberation from jungle captivity in a daring rescue operation early this month, Ingrid-mania has swept the globe. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/604118.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/604118.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:36 EDT When guerrillas discovered sophisticated sensors hanging from the trees along a jungle river in southern Colombia, hostage Keith Stansell secretly rejoiced. The tracking devices were put there by U.S. Special Forces and, for Stansell, they signaled that the noose was tightening around his rebel captors.<br> http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/603094.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/603094.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:24 EDT Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa angrily declined Saturday to follow the example of his ally on the South American left, Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez, in mending tattered relations with Colombia. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/603091.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/603091.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:23 EDT As the three former hostages quietly returned to their Florida hometowns Saturday, sources in Colombia revealed that the U.S. military was much more involved in their daring rescue than previously reported. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/603081.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/603081.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:23 EDT On Thursday, the director of Colombia's RCN radio network, Juan Gossain, asked former Colombian vice presidential candidate Clara Rojas about a dramatic and untold episode that allegedly occurred while she was held hostage by FARC guerrillas. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/602332.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/602332.html Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:41 EDT Smiles, handshakes and unusual candor Friday officially ended eight months of tension between Colombia and Venezuela as the countries' leaders held talks at an oil refining complex outside Caracas. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/602307.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/602307.html Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:40 EDT Colombian rebels on Friday blamed two guerrillas who were guarding hostages for the success of a rescue mission by the military that freed three U.S. defense contractors, a former presidential candidate and 11 others. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/601691.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/601691.html Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:59 EDT Colombian rebels on Friday blamed two guerrillas who were guarding hostages for the success of a rescue mission that freed three U.S. defense contractors, a former presidential candidate and 11 others. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/598871.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/598871.html Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:14 EDT Since last week's hostage rescue, the second-term president's approval rating has topped 80%. A third term, despite constitutional hurdles, appears increasingly likely. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/600606.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/600606.html Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:44 EDT The stunning rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors owed its success not just to artful deception, but also to a five-year U.S.-Colombian operation that choked their captors' ability to communicate. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/600631.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/600631.html Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:44 EDT Ingrid Betancourt fears the collapse she knows is coming. A week after her sudden rescue from nearly seven years of captivity in the Colombian jungle, Betancourt looks healthy, even elegant. But she spoke of her fragility in an interview Thursday. She knows how quickly her adrenaline is dropping.<br> http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/599395.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/599395.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:42 EDT At a May presidential summit in Brazil, President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela sought out his Colombian counterpart and regional rival, Álvaro Uribe. The two had not spoken in months. But Chávez got right to the point, telling Uribe: "We haven't been giving money to the FARC," referring to the rebel group that has operated in Colombia since the 1960s. <br> http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/598653.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/598653.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:38 EDT For months before a group of disguised Colombian soldiers carried out a daring rescue of three American citizens and a prominent Colombian politician from a guerrilla camp, a team of U.S. Special Forces joined elite Colombian troops tracking the hostages across formidable jungle terrain in the country's southern fringes. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/595091.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/colombia/story/595091.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:42 EDT SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE, Colombia -- This remote ranching and jungle region 200 miles south of Bogotá is one of the historic heartlands of the Marxist rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, which continues to control large swaths of territory despite recent advances by the Colombian military.