I can’t possibly let this news go by without saying something. Spain, Great Britain, USA, France, Colombia, Venezuela, the whole world is celebrating Ingrid Betancourt’s release from captivity. The rescue operation was brilliant as the Colombian militia posed as rebels by disguising themselves with Che Guevara T-shirts, which immediately led hostages to thinking ‘now what?’.

Fortunately, it worked out! The Colombian military was able to trick the FARC by pretending they were just going to transfer them to a different hideout in the jungle.

However, nobody understood what was going on, perhaps another circus act where they would be used as guinea pigs for some ‘weird’ exchange. Just to add some wood to the fire, a few months prior to the rescue, certain bright individuals like , Venezuela’s president Chavez, was bringing forward a $300 million donation to the FARC as a way to show support for the ”guerrilla’ cause. In the meantime, the whole world, specially Ingrid’s family, kept mourning and lamenting her disappearance.

Luckily, we have a fantastic video sharing website, YouTube, which kept us all informed and updated with Ingrid’s whereabouts. Specially that time where rumors said she was in the brink of death while suffering from Hepatitis B and some kind of skin disease caused by insect bites. Yes, this was all very sad, but thanks to YouTube and the video shown below, Ingrid’s, family, closest friends, sympathizers and the whole world was reassured that she in fact was not dead, but sadly enough receiving very cruel treatment on behalf of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.