Madam, - With the news and forecasts for both the economic and global environments all bad, and a wet start to the day, it was a marvellous tonic to learn of the rescue of Ingrid Betancourt from the clutches of Farc in Colombia. Everyone will wish her well for the future, after her six years in captivity when hopes were minimal for her ever to be reunited with her family.
May we hope now for some light at the end of Colombia's dark tunnel of despair? - Yours, etc,
RICHARD REID,
Rathgar Avenue,
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Dublin 6.