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I never say no to an ice cream.

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The relationship with time changes when you're captive.

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In a kidnapping, you leave behind a lot of your baggage, like arrogance and stubbornness.

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More than a victim, I am a survivor of a dehumanization process.

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The only thing I've settled in my mind is that I want to forgive, and forgiveness comes with forgetting.

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I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.

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In captivity, one loses every way of acting over little details which satisfy the essentials of life. Everything has to be asked for: permission to go to the toilet, permission to ask a guard something, permission to talk to another hostage - to brush your teeth, use toilet paper, everything is a negotiation.

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Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.

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I think that women are peacemakers by genetics, because we are the ones who stay at home and because we are the ones who suffer with the aftermath of war.

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The thing is that war is the opposite of negotiation. It's when you cannot negotiate, when you cannot talk, when you cannot reach agreements that then you have war.

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Biography

Nationality: Colombian

Type: Politician

Born: December 25th, 1961

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