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A girl is shown in Bogota on Sunday participating in the rallies.

Sometimes it is a little bit too easy to forget about big problems around the world. Earlier today, nations around the world came together to protest for the freedom of hostages in Colombia. The story is from cnn.com and can be found in full here.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- More than a million Colombians, clad in white and shouting "No more kidnapping," marked their independence day on Sunday with marches and concerts demanding freedom for hostages still held by leftist rebels.

Demonstrators chanted "Libertad!" -- the Spanish word for freedom -- in rallies across the Andean nation and in some 40 cities abroad, including Paris, London, Miami, Beijing, Sydney and New York.

It was the second nationwide mobilization this year against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and its abhorred policy of kidnapping for ransom or political leverage. Latin America's last major rebel army holds dozens of hostages in Colombian jungle jails, some for more than a decade.

Questions: Do you think that protests such as this one work? Do you believe that our government has an obligation to help hostages such as these be released?

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