As a candidate for the Colombian presidency in 2002, she was brave—or foolish—enough to campaign near the jungle stronghold of rebel paramilitaries. That’s when Ingrid Betancourt was taken hostage and ...

Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt announced on Tuesday that she would run for president. During a previous presidential campaign in 2002, Betancourt was kidnapped and held hostage for more than ...

Former Colombian Presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, left, who was abducted while campaigning by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, rebels, is comforted by another kidnapping ...

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Íngrid Betancourt, la excandidata presidencial que estuvo secuestrada más de seis años por las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), dijo el martes que buscará nuevamente la presidencia ...

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In the seven days since she emerged from six and a half harrowing years as a FARC hostage in the Colombian jungle, Ingrid Betancourt has been canonized by the media. And Saint Ingrid has responded ...

Ingrid Betancourt, the former Colombian presidential candidate who was released last week after six years in captivity at the hands of the country’s leftist rebels, said Wednesday that it was vital ...

Vatican Radio reported this week that former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt will meet with Pope Benedict XVI at Castelgandolfo on September 1. The news was announced in a statement ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, who was held as a hostage for six years by the country's largest guerrilla group, said on Tuesday that she will be running for her ...