Ingrid Betancourt thanks Chavez for FARC hostage liberations.

The former hostage also visited Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Peru.
Betancourt was rescued last July after being held captive for six years.
The guerrillas are currently holding 28 high-value hostages, including politicians, soldiers and police. The state footage was broadcast Monday

"The voice of President Chavez was the voice which gave us hope" said Ms Betancourt, "in our darkest moments in captivity, it was the light at the end of the tunnel." For that reason, the former Colombian presidential candidate explained, she was finishing her tour of Latin America by meeting Mr Chavez to embrace him and to thank him personally. 'Chain of love':  She publicly credited the left-wing Venezuelan leader for the release of six of her fellow hostages, and became emotional when speaking about those she had left behind: "I want to say to my companions still in the jungle, this will be your last Christmas in captivity. And I want to tell them: have faith. Have faith because there is a chain of love being built across the whole continent which is going to help us get you out of there."  Ingrid Betancourt said that she knew Mr Chavez had been caused problems by his involvement in the hostage negotiations, but that she was here to show him that it had been worth it. The problems she referred to were the fraying of already difficult relations with Colombia over his role as a mediator with the Farc. Last year, the Colombian leader, Alvaro Uribe, withdrew Mr Chavez's right to negotiate on Colombia's behalf, creating deep diplomatic tensions between the two neighbours. Those tensions worsened when Colombia killed a Farc leader on Ecuadoran soil, prompting both Ecuador and Venezuela to suspend their relations with Colombia in protest. 'Sensitive issue':  Since then, the left-wing rebel group has been badly damaged by the deaths of several key leaders and the rescue of almost all of its main political bargaining chips, such as Ingrid Betancourt. As for the group's future, she had only one piece of advice: "The Farc must realise that there is no place in this continent for the armed struggle, that all of the left-wing governments that have been elected in Latin America over the past 10 years have achieved it by democratic means with no need to take hostages and even less need to kill." Mr Chavez's relationship to the Farc remains a sensitive issue with Colombia. But the group's best-known former-hostage is sure that President Chavez's continued involvement in the process is vital to secure the release of those still languishing in captivity in the Colombian jungle.