Bogotá, Colombia, Jun 10, 2008 / 14:15 pm
The secretary general of the Bishops’ Conference of Colombia, Bishop Fabian Marulanda, expressed his hope this week that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s request for the FARC to release all of its hostages “reflects a sincere desire on his behalf and a change of mentality not only” in Chavez “but also in many other people who in one way or another have been involved in acts of subversion.”
Bishop Marulanda made his comments on Radio Caracol. He said Chavez’s remarks that guerrilla movements are not justified right now in Latin America were “sensible and rational.”