According to Variety, so far this has been a "sluggish summer marketplace for film material," so when 15 hostages in Colombia were freed last week, Tinsel Town lit up — and not just out of relief for the hostages. Already there are several book and movie deals in the works about various members of the hostage group. Most of the clamoring is for the rights to French-Colombian politician Ingrid Read more

After the stunning rescue last week of 15 hostages held by FARC rebels in Colombia, Ingrid Betancourt — the most well-known of those rescued after being held hostage for six years — has urged the end of a vocabulary of hate against her former captors. She says: I think we have reached a point where we must change this radical, extremist vocabulary of hate of very strong words that intimately Read more

A Perfect Rescue Operation: French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages freed from FARC rebels in a daring rescue mission has called her release after more than 6 years, a "miracle." She says, "there is no historical precedent for such a perfect operation." The mission was accomplished without a shot fired after the Colombian military penetrated the highest level of FARC Read more

Yesterday, the Organization of American States (OAS) declared last weekend's Colombian raid in Ecuador a violation of sovereignty. The US was the only state to support Colombia's decision to enter Ecuador and kill 24 rebels, including a top commander of the insurgency group FARC. So what's the deal with FARC? FARC is the world's largest, and richest insurgency group, currently waging war with Read more

President George Bush condemned Venezuela yesterday saying, “We firmly oppose any acts of aggression that could destabilize the region." The statement comes amid growing border tensions in South America over Venezuela’s and Ecuador’s militarization along the Colombian border. Venezuela and Ecuador have mobilized their armies in reaction to a Colombian incursion into Ecuador on a mission to Read more