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CARACAS, VENEZUELA — President Hugo Chavez met with a representative of Colombia’s largest guerrilla group Thursday, saying he and Luciano Marin Arango held their first talks aimed at negotiating a swap of rebel-held hostages for jailed guerrillas.
“We are here trying to put the pieces to together” for an agreement, Chavez told state television as Marin Arango, better known by his nom de guerre Ivan Marquez, stood next to him.
Marquez said a future meeting between Chavez and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia commander Manuel Marulanda – possibly in Colombia’s El Yari region – was needed to overcome obstacles to a prisoner swap, which could include three Americans and a French-Colombian citizen.
