Well put

From Marxmail "Being held as a hostage for six years for any individual must be one of the most traumatic and difficult experiences imaginable. That said, for every individual the Farc have taken into capitivity, they have liberated thousands of the poorest and exploited in that wretched country. Unfortunately, their constituents are not rich and privileged enough to be the focus of the world's media and will forever remain faceless and anonymous. That Betancourt has been the focus of the world's media is not a reflection of her humanity, but instead a reflection of the social relations which obtain in Colombia and throughout the western world - i.e., the domination of the rich and their progeny."