Review of the press for January 19, 2022
Colombia: Ingrid Betancourt runs for president. Repression against July 11 protesters and their families continues in Cuba. Green light to referendum to revoke Maduro. Alert Russian bases in Venezuela
Colombia: Ingrid Betancourt runs for president
Ingrid Betancourt, the FARC's most famous hostage (for six years), declared yesterday that she will run for president of her country. She will vote in May. She enters a crowded field of candidates in which Gustavo Petro, former mayor of Bogota and former Marxist guerrilla friend of Chavez, is currently leadi…