R.A. Hettinga writes: 

>> For some reason the Betancourt rescue video does not seem
>> to be available from US media.
> 
> More to the point, the leftist EuroWeenie press is all on about how it  
> was actually not a brilliant sting operation done by Uribe &Co, but  
> that the evil rich Yanqui nortamericanos forked over $20m and bought  
> everyone's freedom.

They must not have gotten the true story.  Evo Morales has
given a speech in which he praised the heroism of Hugo Chavez
for actually being the reason Betancourt was freed. 

Best, 

CCS 

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