Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson told CNN that the release of an American held by Colombian rebels for more than three months is imminent, despite the reservations of Colombia's President about a media spectacle during negotiations.
Leftist rebels engaged in peace talks with the Colombian government urged the army on Friday to refrain from any attempt to rescue a US hostage they are holding.
President Juan Manuel Santos, frustrated over a lack of progress in peace negotiations with leftist FARC rebels, threatened Saturday to abandon bilateral talks to end their nearly 50-year old conflict.
BOGOTA — Colombia's FARC rebels pledged Sunday to end decades of kidnapping civilians, a historic shift for Latin America's longest-fighting leftist guerrillas, who also vowed to release remaining police and military hostages.
