Article: Colombia releases video proof of FARC alive hostages

Article: Colombia Releases Jailed Rebels; President Uribe ...
The Washington Post;  June 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or the FARC, to reciprocate -- a strategy also supported ... three Pentagon contractors held by the FARC since 2003, when their surveillance plane ... s kind of like putting the ball in the FARC's ballpark at this point." Yolanda ...

Article: Phoney peace: Colombia.(Revolutionary Armed Forces of ...
The Economist (US);  June 21, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. But there is plenty of life yet in the ... jungle town of Cartagena de Chaira, the FARC freed 60 soldiers it had held hostage for ... score of diplomats, the leader of the FARC's southern front made a rare public appearance ...

Article: Colombia Releases Statistics of Rebel Forces
Xinhua News Agency;  March 15, 2001 ;     422 words ... ... rebel organization, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), has 21,000 men in their ranks, of which 16,000 are rural ... major guerrilla groups. It has been in negotiations with the FARC for two years. More recently it started a dialogue with the ...

Article: Trade Thin in US Spot Market as Arbitrage Narrows; ...
The Oil Daily;  September 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ...HOUSTON -- A narrowing trans-Atlantic arbitrage has put some US spot crude buyers on the sidelines, as it has become less economical for crude tankers to make the voyage across the Atlantic. "There's still a fair amount of barrels out there," said a Gulf Coast trader. Specifically, the trader noted

Article: Farc 'offers to free Betancourt'.
Aljazeera.net;  June 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) has offered to release Ingrid Betancourt ... hostage. Alvaro Uribe said on Friday that a Farc guerrilla had agreed to release Betancourt ... Colombian government agrees not to extradite a Farc member. I hope it was sincere, the guerrilla ...

Article: FARC extortion rackets in Venezuela, say ...
The Christian Science Monitor;  June 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... families forced to pay protection money to the FARC, Colombia's main rebels, who knock ... Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). "There's nothing sadder than the ... founded in 1828. In the past six years, FARC representatives have been operating more ...

Transcript: FARC Has Ability To Keep Fighting, Experts Say
NPR All Things Considered;  July 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... NPR All Things Considered 07-03-2008 FARC Has Ability To Keep Fighting, Experts ... ROBERT SIEGEL, host: For more now on the FARC, I'm joined by Marc Chernick, who ... SIEGEL: First, some basics about the FARC. Remind us again what the acronym FARC ...