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10:42, December 19, 2007 |
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday confirmed the announcement by Colombia's largest rebel group to release three hostages.
Chavez told a press conference at the 34th Southern Common Market (Murcosur) summit that the pledge by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was a "nice Christmas present."
In a statement e-mailed to Cuba's Prensa Latin news agency earlier on Tuesday, the FARC said it would hand over Clara Rojas, her three-year-old son Emmanuel born in captivity and former Colombian congresswoman Consuelo Gonzalez to Venezuelan President Chavez or an intermediary of his choice.
Chavez had acted as a mediator between the FARC and the Colombian government until Nov. 21, when Colombian President Alvaro Uribe fired him saying Chavez overstepped his mandate by directly contacting a senior Colombian army general without his consent.
Source: Xinhua
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