To be a hostage of Colombia’s Marxist guerrillas is to be on the move. The rebels — the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia — sequester their captives deep inside the country’s mountainous jungle terrain, and they regularly lead them on long, arduous marches from one mosquito-infested camp to another to keep the Colombian military from detecting their whereabouts
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THE NATIONS: Captain of the Crags
Down from the rocky ridges and snow-choked gullies the guerrillas straggled last week. Some were barefoot, some wore slabs of leather tied about their feet with string
Nobel contenders await peace prize decision
A controversial Colombian senator who has obtained the release of 16 hostages held by Marxist guerrillas is the leading candidate to receive this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, which will be announced Friday, said an independent research institute in Norway. Sen
Guerrilla war displaces millions of Colombians
Imagine the entire population of Kentucky forced out of their homes in the past 25 years, with many of the residents moving to a neighboring country.