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Local Colombians Plea to Release Hostages
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 07/20/2008 - 23:17.
Colombian-Americans in Western New York are joining people around the world demanding the liberation of hostages in their homeland. Today is Independence Day in Colombia, and a group of local Colombians celebrating that event at Como Lake Park are joining the worldwide efforts to end the hostage-taking by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a group of leftist rebels. You may remember earlier this month that 15 hostages, including three American Defense Contractors, were freed in Colombia after being held by the rebels for years. Still more than 2,000 hostages are still imprisoned in Colombia. And the Colombian-Americans gathered at Como Lake Park today want the kidnappings to end and the hostages to be freed. Story Updated: Jul 20, 2008 at 6:46 PM EDT What kind of power do you think rebel groups like FARC have over their country's governments? BBC has some good background information: Source: |
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