Venezuela's Chavez meets with French envoy to discuss possible prisoner swap/

President Hugo Chavez met with a French diplomat Thursday as the Venezuelan leader seeks to broker a deal for the release of rebel-held hostages in Colombia, including French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt. Daniel Parfait, director of the Americas for France's foreign ministry, came to Caracas for talks ahead of Chavez's planned visit to ( full information)/ El presidente de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, recibió hoy a un enviado de su colega francés, Nicolas Sarkozy, Daniel Parfait, en el marco de las gestiones que realiza en pos de un canje humanitario en Colombia ( información completa)