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Ingrid not forgotten, creates PR problem for FARC

El Comité de apoyo a Ingrid Betancourt cuenta desde este jueves con una caseta al borde del río Sena, en Francia, en la que espera recoger en un mes 100.000 firmas en favor de la liberación de la ex candidata presidencial colombiana secuestrada desde el 2002 por la guerrilla de las Farc.

La caseta, en la que también se venden productos típicos colombianos en beneficio del Comité, quedó instalada con motivo del lanzamiento de "París playas", una iniciativa del Ayuntamiento capitalino para divertir y refrescar a turistas y parisinos hasta el próximo 20 de agosto.

Durante ese período, los miembros del organismo aspiran a recoger 30.000 firmas más que en el 2005, cuando por primera vez se instaló la caseta, explicó a la Agencia EFE su coordinador, Adair Lamprea, secuestrado con Betancourt, pero liberado un día después.

"El objetivo de la iniciativa es que la gente no olvide a Ingrid y que Gobierno y guerrilla negocien", sostuvo Lamprea. Durante el acto de inauguración de "París playas", el alcalde de la capital francesa, Bertrand Delanoe, se acercó a saludar a los ocupantes de la caseta y les animó en su tarea.

El Gobierno francés ha llevado a cabo diversas iniciativas para tratar de conseguir la liberación de Betancourt, de cuyo paradero y estado de salud nada se sabe desde hace tres años.

By platano on Jul 22, 2006, 23:33 in Politics & the war.

Desideria (Moderator) says on Jul 23, 2006, 05:09:

they do send people to do PR in several European countries, including Sweden. So, there must be some interest...

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platano says on Jul 23, 2006, 07:47:

If your view of the FARC is that they are... simply a terrorist group, then it makes no sense they would be concerned about public relations.

Of course the reality is they are a political movement looking for power and so they are concerned about public relations because they want not only political but also financial support to realize their political ambitions.

plátano

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Miguel_Clavo says on Jul 23, 2006, 17:04:

PR can be used as a propaganda tool, also. The KKK... Aryan Brotherhood, Al-Qaeda, Hells Angels, and other "political movements" like Platano describes are not suffering from a lack of intelligence. Neither is FARC. All of these "political movements" like FARC realize the importance of the internet (hence the FARC website) and PR to solicit "political" contribution from sympathetic fools.....It makes perfect sense that they would be concerned about public relations...that is what propaganda is all about. FARC is a narco-terrorist criminal organization. And they kill/rape/maim/kidnap/torture/pillage to protect their narco income. Their ideological principles are a thing of thier past, and long forgotten, but its a nice tactical ploy to gain sympathy from the easily influenced. =)

Just my opinion...

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