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In this edition of La Entrevista we talk with Ingrid Betancourt, candidate for the presidency of Colombia for the Verde Oxígeno party in the elections that will take place on May 29. Betancourt is one of the most recognized figures in Colombian politics; She was a senator and now she is running for the highest political office in the country for the second time. Her first was in 2002, a year that marked her life when she was kidnapped by the former FARC guerrilla, who held her captive for six years.
Twenty years passed between the two candidacies for the Presidency of Colombia by Ingrid Betancourt. In an interview with France 24, the candidate detailed how her vision of Colombia has changed and what she maintains or has changed since her candidacy in 2002.
“I share the will to change Colombia, to succeed in defeating the corrupt and the machinery. The same issue that was my flag in 2002 is the same issue again in 2022. Today corruption continues to infiltrate campaigns,” she says.
Ingrid Betancourt spent six years kidnapped by the extinct FARC guerrilla, thus experiencing the armed conflict in a very different way from other candidates. When asked about the implementation of the Peace Agreements in her eventual term, the presidential candidate replied that “the consolidation of the peace process in Colombia is also a gender process, since the war is waged mostly by men, but they pay the price of women”, emphasizing the importance of protecting women leaders in conflict zones and also the strengthening of institutions such as the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) and the Truth Commission.
Violence has been a protagonist in Colombia for decades. One that comes from several fronts: from assassinations of social leaders, drug trafficking and armed groups, to the violence exerted by the security forces, which are in the sights of organizations such as the IACHR after the social outbreak of 2021 that left dozens of dead and even reports of sexual abuse committed by uniformed men.
Faced with the possibility of a reform of the security forces, Betancourt said that he would not seek a change “against the forces, but with the forces,” referring to the fact that one of the central problems within the Colombian public force is corruption.
Regarding Colombia’s international relations, specifically with Venezuela, Betancourt assured that the establishment of relations with the neighboring country would be conditional on President Nicolás Maduro handing over the leaders of armed groups operating in Colombia, such as the FARC dissidents, the National Liberation Army (ELN) and organizations related to drug trafficking, which are sheltered behind the Venezuelan border.
Ingrid Betancourt was criticized for a claim she made in 2010 to the Colombian State, in which she demanded compensation of 6.8 million dollars for the moral and economic damages caused by her kidnapping for more than six years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces. of Colombia (FARC). The candidate defends herself against her criticism by stating that “compensation is very important for any victim.” And she adds that she wants “a right to be established for all Colombians to be compensated. There are 51 million victims in Colombia and we all deserve to be compensated.”
Finally, the presidential candidate referred to the decriminalization of drugs, an issue of which she has been in favor. “It is important that we talk about a regional agreement, from Canada to Patagonia, so that we can decriminalize the drug and put an end to this business throughout the region. And the resources that we have been wasting, because the war on drugs has been a failure, we are going to invest in our peasants, who have been victims of drug trafficking, violence and climate change,” she concludes.
First modification:
In this edition of La Entrevista we talk with Ingrid Betancourt, candidate for the presidency of Colombia for the Verde Oxígeno party in the elections that will take place on May 29. Betancourt is one of the most recognized figures in Colombian politics; She was a senator and now she is running for the highest political office in the country for the second time. Her first was in 2002, a year that marked her life when she was kidnapped by the former FARC guerrilla, who held her captive for six years.
Twenty years passed between the two candidacies for the Presidency of Colombia by Ingrid Betancourt. In an interview with France 24, the candidate detailed how her vision of Colombia has changed and what she maintains or has changed since her candidacy in 2002.
“I share the will to change Colombia, to succeed in defeating the corrupt and the machinery. The same issue that was my flag in 2002 is the same issue again in 2022. Today corruption continues to infiltrate campaigns,” she says.
Ingrid Betancourt spent six years kidnapped by the extinct FARC guerrilla, thus experiencing the armed conflict in a very different way from other candidates. When asked about the implementation of the Peace Agreements in her eventual term, the presidential candidate replied that “the consolidation of the peace process in Colombia is also a gender process, since the war is waged mostly by men, but they pay the price of women”, emphasizing the importance of protecting women leaders in conflict zones and also the strengthening of institutions such as the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) and the Truth Commission.
Violence has been a protagonist in Colombia for decades. One that comes from several fronts: from assassinations of social leaders, drug trafficking and armed groups, to the violence exerted by the security forces, which are in the sights of organizations such as the IACHR after the social outbreak of 2021 that left dozens of dead and even reports of sexual abuse committed by uniformed men.
Faced with the possibility of a reform of the security forces, Betancourt said that he would not seek a change “against the forces, but with the forces,” referring to the fact that one of the central problems within the Colombian public force is corruption.
Regarding Colombia’s international relations, specifically with Venezuela, Betancourt assured that the establishment of relations with the neighboring country would be conditional on President Nicolás Maduro handing over the leaders of armed groups operating in Colombia, such as the FARC dissidents, the National Liberation Army (ELN) and organizations related to drug trafficking, which are sheltered behind the Venezuelan border.
Ingrid Betancourt was criticized for a claim she made in 2010 to the Colombian State, in which she demanded compensation of 6.8 million dollars for the moral and economic damages caused by her kidnapping for more than six years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces. of Colombia (FARC). The candidate defends herself against her criticism by stating that “compensation is very important for any victim.” And she adds that she wants “a right to be established for all Colombians to be compensated. There are 51 million victims in Colombia and we all deserve to be compensated.”
Finally, the presidential candidate referred to the decriminalization of drugs, an issue of which she has been in favor. “It is important that we talk about a regional agreement, from Canada to Patagonia, so that we can decriminalize the drug and put an end to this business throughout the region. And the resources that we have been wasting, because the war on drugs has been a failure, we are going to invest in our peasants, who have been victims of drug trafficking, violence and climate change,” she concludes.
First modification:
In this edition of La Entrevista we talk with Ingrid Betancourt, candidate for the presidency of Colombia for the Verde Oxígeno party in the elections that will take place on May 29. Betancourt is one of the most recognized figures in Colombian politics; She was a senator and now she is running for the highest political office in the country for the second time. Her first was in 2002, a year that marked her life when she was kidnapped by the former FARC guerrilla, who held her captive for six years.
Twenty years passed between the two candidacies for the Presidency of Colombia by Ingrid Betancourt. In an interview with France 24, the candidate detailed how her vision of Colombia has changed and what she maintains or has changed since her candidacy in 2002.
“I share the will to change Colombia, to succeed in defeating the corrupt and the machinery. The same issue that was my flag in 2002 is the same issue again in 2022. Today corruption continues to infiltrate campaigns,” she says.
Ingrid Betancourt spent six years kidnapped by the extinct FARC guerrilla, thus experiencing the armed conflict in a very different way from other candidates. When asked about the implementation of the Peace Agreements in her eventual term, the presidential candidate replied that “the consolidation of the peace process in Colombia is also a gender process, since the war is waged mostly by men, but they pay the price of women”, emphasizing the importance of protecting women leaders in conflict zones and also the strengthening of institutions such as the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) and the Truth Commission.
Violence has been a protagonist in Colombia for decades. One that comes from several fronts: from assassinations of social leaders, drug trafficking and armed groups, to the violence exerted by the security forces, which are in the sights of organizations such as the IACHR after the social outbreak of 2021 that left dozens of dead and even reports of sexual abuse committed by uniformed men.
Faced with the possibility of a reform of the security forces, Betancourt said that he would not seek a change “against the forces, but with the forces,” referring to the fact that one of the central problems within the Colombian public force is corruption.
Regarding Colombia’s international relations, specifically with Venezuela, Betancourt assured that the establishment of relations with the neighboring country would be conditional on President Nicolás Maduro handing over the leaders of armed groups operating in Colombia, such as the FARC dissidents, the National Liberation Army (ELN) and organizations related to drug trafficking, which are sheltered behind the Venezuelan border.
Ingrid Betancourt was criticized for a claim she made in 2010 to the Colombian State, in which she demanded compensation of 6.8 million dollars for the moral and economic damages caused by her kidnapping for more than six years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces. of Colombia (FARC). The candidate defends herself against her criticism by stating that “compensation is very important for any victim.” And she adds that she wants “a right to be established for all Colombians to be compensated. There are 51 million victims in Colombia and we all deserve to be compensated.”
Finally, the presidential candidate referred to the decriminalization of drugs, an issue of which she has been in favor. “It is important that we talk about a regional agreement, from Canada to Patagonia, so that we can decriminalize the drug and put an end to this business throughout the region. And the resources that we have been wasting, because the war on drugs has been a failure, we are going to invest in our peasants, who have been victims of drug trafficking, violence and climate change,” she concludes.
First modification:
In this edition of La Entrevista we talk with Ingrid Betancourt, candidate for the presidency of Colombia for the Verde Oxígeno party in the elections that will take place on May 29. Betancourt is one of the most recognized figures in Colombian politics; She was a senator and now she is running for the highest political office in the country for the second time. Her first was in 2002, a year that marked her life when she was kidnapped by the former FARC guerrilla, who held her captive for six years.
Twenty years passed between the two candidacies for the Presidency of Colombia by Ingrid Betancourt. In an interview with France 24, the candidate detailed how her vision of Colombia has changed and what she maintains or has changed since her candidacy in 2002.
“I share the will to change Colombia, to succeed in defeating the corrupt and the machinery. The same issue that was my flag in 2002 is the same issue again in 2022. Today corruption continues to infiltrate campaigns,” she says.
Ingrid Betancourt spent six years kidnapped by the extinct FARC guerrilla, thus experiencing the armed conflict in a very different way from other candidates. When asked about the implementation of the Peace Agreements in her eventual term, the presidential candidate replied that “the consolidation of the peace process in Colombia is also a gender process, since the war is waged mostly by men, but they pay the price of women”, emphasizing the importance of protecting women leaders in conflict zones and also the strengthening of institutions such as the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) and the Truth Commission.
Violence has been a protagonist in Colombia for decades. One that comes from several fronts: from assassinations of social leaders, drug trafficking and armed groups, to the violence exerted by the security forces, which are in the sights of organizations such as the IACHR after the social outbreak of 2021 that left dozens of dead and even reports of sexual abuse committed by uniformed men.
Faced with the possibility of a reform of the security forces, Betancourt said that he would not seek a change “against the forces, but with the forces,” referring to the fact that one of the central problems within the Colombian public force is corruption.
Regarding Colombia’s international relations, specifically with Venezuela, Betancourt assured that the establishment of relations with the neighboring country would be conditional on President Nicolás Maduro handing over the leaders of armed groups operating in Colombia, such as the FARC dissidents, the National Liberation Army (ELN) and organizations related to drug trafficking, which are sheltered behind the Venezuelan border.
Ingrid Betancourt was criticized for a claim she made in 2010 to the Colombian State, in which she demanded compensation of 6.8 million dollars for the moral and economic damages caused by her kidnapping for more than six years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces. of Colombia (FARC). The candidate defends herself against her criticism by stating that “compensation is very important for any victim.” And she adds that she wants “a right to be established for all Colombians to be compensated. There are 51 million victims in Colombia and we all deserve to be compensated.”
Finally, the presidential candidate referred to the decriminalization of drugs, an issue of which she has been in favor. “It is important that we talk about a regional agreement, from Canada to Patagonia, so that we can decriminalize the drug and put an end to this business throughout the region. And the resources that we have been wasting, because the war on drugs has been a failure, we are going to invest in our peasants, who have been victims of drug trafficking, violence and climate change,” she concludes.