- Born
- Birth nameÍngrid Betancourt Pulecio
- Ingrid Betancourt was born on December 25, 1961 in Bogota, Colombia. She was previously married to Juan-Carlos Lecompte and Fabrice Delloye.
- SpousesJuan-Carlos Lecompte(1997 - December 2011) (divorced)Fabrice Delloye(1983 - 1990) (divorced, 2 children)
- Meryl Streep presented leadership award to her on March 2010.
- Kidnapped by FARC insurgents in February 2002, she was held captive until July 2008 when she was rescued with 14 other hostages by Colombian security forces.
- Reconciliation is a national decision that has to be debated and a consensus made among Colombians. Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart. If there is not this kind of approach, there is always the impression that you have done a bad deal, that the other side is having a better deal than you have - unless you understand that you are the generation that has to stop the fight. And stopping the fight is accepting not to fight back.
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