Clara Rojas, Consuelo Gonzalez free at last

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080110/wl_nm/colombia_hostages_dc;_ylt=AlqyZ.lqHlGVKpQiyOWOg.Ws0NUE


With tears, smiles and long hugs, two women hostages were freed by Colombia's Marxist rebels on Thursday after years in the jungle, raising hopes for dozens more languishing in secret camps.

In a Venezuela-brokered deal, a helicopter flew deep into Colombia to pick up former vice-presidential candidate Clara Rojas and ex-congresswoman Consuelo Gonzalez, and ferried them back across the border where a plane took them to Caracas.

In parting, the two kissed young armed women rebels on the cheeks and shook hands with the men in a grassy jungle clearing near the Colombian town of San Jose del Guaviare.

They then hugged the team that flew in to rescue them and spoke to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez with a satellite telephone, thanking him for his mediation.
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tell me political women aren't tough.


and the neo cons pouted and said:

Washington also grudgingly acknowledged the brokering role of Chavez, a leading anti-American critic, but made clear it was not about to ask him to help free three U.S. captives.

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1. this event is important and has repercussions

kicking

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2. By this one act, Chavez has accomplished more good than Bush has in seven years.

Golly, I wish we had a man like Hugo Chavez for OUR president.