Luis Giampietri in video conference from Lima spoke of this newly published book “Forever Hostage”, the author recalled the 1997 “Chavin Huantar” military operation in which a team of one hundred and forty-two commandos of the Peruvian Armed Forces ended the Japanese embassy hostage crisis by raiding the ambassador’s residence and freeing the hostages held there by the terrorists.

The operation, considered one of the most successful hostage rescues in the world, offered the occasion to discuss press freedom and the role of journalists in international crisis situations. Luis Giampietri, himself one of the hostages, played an important role in the operation.