Chavez visit to France in order to talk about hostage

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that Colombian rebels have promised to furnish proof of Ingrid Betancourt is alive."Ingrid is alive. I'm absolutely certain," Chavez said.
Chavez spoke after a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy about Betancourt, who is part French and whose plight has fixated the nation.
Betancourt is being held by the FARC during the presidential campaign in 2002.
Chavez, working as an intermediary, is trying to arrange a swap of prisoners.
Betancourt's family want proof she is still alive. They hope a lot of things with Chavez intervention in the case of Betancourt.The government of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has set a time limit of no later than December for Chavez's efforts .
The last time Betancourt was seen in a video in 2003.