Two decades after her kidnapping while she was a candidate for the presidential election in Colombia, Ingrid Betancourt announced on Wednesday January 19 to try her luck to run for the head of the South American country.
Ingrid Betancourt will never set aside her convictions. Twenty long years after being kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the Franco-Colombian politician sets out to attack the presidential election in her country of birth. “Today I am here to finish what I started with many of you in 2002. I will work tirelessly from sunrise to sunset to be President”, announced the 59-year-old ex-hostage at a press conference on Tuesday, January 18. Ingrid Betancourt is therefore officially a candidate for the presidency of Colombia.
At the head of the small environmentalist party Oxygen Green, the latter must still submit to the centrist primary of the South American country, before being able to officially claim its ambitions. The election is scheduled for May 19. “I believe in a world with a vision of women. For decades we have had only bad options between the extreme right and the extreme left. The time has come to have a center option”, said the mother of the family, also explaining that his political ideas had a good chance of helping him win against the favorite in the polls, the former mayor of Bogota Gustavo Petro.
Ingrid Bétancourt: “I am here to finish what I started in 2002”
Twenty years ago, in February 2002, Ingrid Bétancourt was kidnapped by the FARC after revealing her presidential ambitions. Released during a military operation after more than 15 years of captivity, the politician has never put aside her ideology. Thus, during this same press conference given this Tuesday, January 18, the 50-year-old insisted on reconsidering the fine of 36 million dollars in financial compensation demanded by the American courts against the FARC for their responsibility in their various kidnappings. “We have sometimes taken to thinking that seeking justice is abusive. I have come today to ask that every son, every daughter, every father, every mother be compensated, compensated and compensated.” No, nothing can stop Ingrid Bétancourt.
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Twenty long years after being kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)…
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The Franco-Colombian politician is once again attacking the presidential election in her country of birth.
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Ingrid Betancourt
“Today I am here to finish what I started with many of you in 2002. I will work tirelessly from sunrise to sunset to be president,” the ex-hostage announced. 59 years old.
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Ingrid Betancourt is therefore officially a candidate for the presidency of Colombia.
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Ingrid Betancourt
At the head of the small environmentalist party Vert Oxygène, the latter must still submit to the centrist primary of the South American country, before being able to officially claim her ambitions.
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Ingrid Betancourt
The election is scheduled for May 19.
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Ingrid Betancourt
“I believe in a world with a vision of women. For decades, we had only bad options between the extreme right and the extreme left. The time has come to have a center option”.
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Ingrid Betancourt
The mother also explained that her political ideas had a good chance of helping her win against the favorite in the polls, the former mayor of Bogota Gustavo Petro.
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Ingrid Betancourt
Twenty years ago, in February 2002, Ingrid Bétancourt was kidnapped by the FARC after revealing her presidential ambitions.
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Ingrid Betancourt
Released during a military operation after more than 15 years of captivity, the politician has never put aside her ideology.