Victory over European mediators

For the Süddeutsche Zeitung Betancourt's rescue represents a triumph for Colombian President Alvaro Uribe over the European mediators. "Hardly anyone in Colombia can doubt that Uribe's poll results will break all the records. ... The former presidential candidate for a Green alliance and the conservative neo-liberal president have little in common politically - except the conviction that taking hostages should not be rewarded. ... European mediators like Nicolas Sarkozy, who even offered to take in released rebels, have failed to understand this. They were doomed to failure because they do not know the law of the jungle."

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