Commentary by Sam Logan for ISN Security Watch (12/09/2007) During his weekly radio address on 9 September, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he would go to the deepest reaches of the Colombian jungle to meet with leaders of the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to obtain a humanitarian hostage exchange agreement. The following day, the Colombian government announced it would not risk such a visit, slowing the momentum of what many claim to be a promising move toward peace between FARC and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. Since Uribe has allowed Chavez to become a...
photo: Juan Felipe Barriga De la Concha - SP
