‘Jane Fonda of Colombia’s’ assassination by marginalization

Flamboyant opposition senator and former FARC hostage release negotiator, Piedad Cordoba

, --June 21, 2010

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Bogota Free Planet’s not the only one chuckling that one of the offshoots of Sunday’s election of former defense minister Juan Manuel Santos as President of Colombia, is the end of the career of flamboyant opposition senator and former FARC hostage release negotiator, Piedad Cordoba.
The negotiation days of the `Jane Fonda of Colombia` don’t look too promising. When Piedad wasn’t on official duty with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez negotiating deals for the release of jungle captives held by FARC, she was dancing the night away at top Caracas salsa spots like El Mani es Asi. Figuratively dancing on Colombia’s grave, the Salsa Senator was most recently in news headlines for sending a letter to outgoing Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, asking him to carry out a “humanitarian exchange” of FARC hostages for incarcerated guerillas before the term ends on August 7. More...

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