Mucutuy, who arrived at the hospital at dawn with other family members, said the children had been offered mental health services. Petro called them an 'example of survival' and predicted their saga 'will remain in history.'ĭamaris Mucutuy, an aunt of the children, told a radio station that 'the children are fine' despite being found with signs of dehydration and insect bites. He is expected to meet with the children today. President Gustavo Petro celebrated the news upon returning from Cuba, where he signed a cease-fire with representatives of the National Liberation Army rebel group. Today the children have received treatment at a military hospital in the capital, Bogota. 'They used what they learned in the community, relied on their ancestral knowledge in order to survive.' 'They were raised by their grandmother,' said John Moreno, a leader of the Guanano group in Vaupes, in the southeastern part of Colombia where the children were raised. 'She gave them flour and cassava bread, any fruit in the bush, they know what they must consume,' Ms Valencia said. The children's grandmother, Fatima Valencia, said after the rescue: 'I am very grateful, and to mother earth as well, that they were set free.'
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On Friday army radios could be heard saying: 'Miracle, miracle, miracle, miracle' - the army code for a child found alive and repeated four times to reflect all four children. Officials in the South American country announced their rescue Friday, bringing a happy ending to a saga with highs and lows as searchers frantically combed through the rainforest hunting for the youngsters. The accident killed everyone else on board, the children's mother Magdalena Mucutui Valencia, the pilot and an indigenous leader. The siblings, Lesly, 13, Soleiny, nine, Tien Noriel, four, and baby Cristin who had his first birthday while in the rainforest, had been travelling in a light aircraft on May 1 when it crashed. 2, 2010.The eldest of the four Colombian children who survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle is a thirteen-year-old girl who looked after her younger siblings - as her family say she was used to caring for them while their mother worked. Notable: Based on the 1904 novel “Green Mansions” by William Henry Hudson.Ĭharacter quotable: “I – I must get out … of this green hell! Or … I am a dead man!” – Abel, a white revolutionary in a Venezuelan jungle, thinking surprisingly wise thoughtsĮditor’s note: This review was originally published by Comics Bronze Age on Feb.
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Second opinion: “Recommended reading.” – Steve Whitaker, FantaCo’s Chronicle’s Series Annual #1, 1983 …“… one of DC’s great, overlooked masterpieces … Recommended.” –The Slings & Arrows Comic Guide (second edition), 2003Ĭool factor: The influx of Filipino artists in the early ’70s gave DC some unique and beautiful books. Review: This five-page story is slight but interesting enough to warrant more – especially given the lovely, stylized art by Alex Niño. Synopsis: The Space Voyagers land on what they think is an uninhabited planet and … well, you know how that goes. But the art – uncredited here but widely attributed online to Filipino artist Nestor Redondo – is unbelievably lush. Review: The story, based on the 1904 novel “Green Mansions,” is pretty typical jungle fare, all dangerous critters, primitive natives and such. Synopsis: A revolutionary bitten by a snake in a Venezuelan jungle is saved by a woman who may not be human.Īrtist: Uncredited (probably Nestor Redondo)
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