Lets hope the aggression of the Colombian government has not scuppered the chances of such a release. The French Foreign minister has already expressed disppointment with Colombia killing the man who they were negotiating her release with.


Again President Chavez leads by example, when others push war, he pushes for peace.


BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Chavez issues plea for Betancourt

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Viva Fidel

If there ever was in the history of humanity an enemy who was truly universal, an enemy whose acts and moves trouble the entire world, threaten the entire world, attack the entire world in any way or another, that real and really universal enemy is precisely Yankee imperialism

They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?

Yes, I've seen that, it's good news to hear and another example of Chavez showing himself to be a truly good leader.

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Trust me, I'm a socialist!

There's power in a factory,power in the land, power in the hand of the worker. But it all amounts to nothing if together we don't stand, there is power in a union.
The union forever defending our rights, down with the blackleg, workers unite. To our brothers and our sisters in many far off lands, there is power in a union.
Money speaks for money, the devil for his own. - Billy Bragg