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Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak for others because it includes not only your desire and will, your reflection and intellect, but also your emotions.

~Ingrid Betancourt

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I studied political science at the Ecole de Sciences Politiques in Paris.

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I called my party the Green Oxygen party because Colombians were choking.

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At first, I didn't want to accept that I had been abducted. I kept thinking, 'Next week, I'll be freed.'

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I didn't want to accept that people would forget me, that the government wouldn't do anything to negotiate our freedom. After a year, I came to understand that not only had one year passed, many more would come.

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We're humans. Why always turn human attitude into political behaviours? I hate that.

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Like in every peace process, and especially in Colombia, there all kinds of problems that will come through. Not only is the process by itself very complicated but it has lots of underground complications.

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Reconciliation is a national decision that has to be debated and a consensus made among Colombians.

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You only can rest when have the truth, even when it's horrible.

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Biography

Nationality: Colombian

Type: Politician

Born: December 25th, 1961

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