[marron]

Disappointing. I have followed her career from a distance and wanted to think better of her.

This pretty well nails down who she is. She voluntarily went into guerrilla territory in defiance of both the guerrillas and the government. Whatever credit she earned for bravery she just squandered complaining that the government didn't protect her in territory they didn't control. There are hundreds of people being held by FARC. There are thousands dying to rid Colombia of FARC. She out of everyone thinks she deserves a payday but not from the people who imprisoned her, but from the people who freed her at great risk. She's free, the rest of the prisoners are still imprisoned, and she thinks she deserves compensation.

Wow.

[Stultis]

And, aside from a pro-forma statement now and then, she has (so far as I know) done little or nothing since her rescue to highlight the plights of those still captive.

But she did reportedly recieve a $1 million advance, from Penguin Press, for the U.S. rights to a forthcoming memior.

'Course that was way back in October of '08. So maybe "forthcoming" isn't quite the right word?

[Stultis]

Just checked. Looks like her book will be coming out this September:

Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle

Penguin is already discounting the cover price by a full one third on Amazon. May this one rapidly find it's way to the remainder bin.