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International Petition 
Colombianos por la Paz

Petition : against every-day barbarism 

Interview of Ingrid Betancourt  November 30th, 2008 - The Guardian

Ingrid Betancourt's Detention by Irish Independent Senator Ivana Bacik, Dublin University Panel (13th April, 2008)

American interest lags for hostages TampaBay.com dec 2007

Motion passed by Seanad Eireann (Irish Senate) on Dec. 20th, 2007 in relation to the Colombian hostage situation.

Bungle in the Jungle Vogue dec 2007

30 June 05 : Ingrid Betancourt may receive freedom of Galway city

List of support committees
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Excellent flash video on Colombia situation

12 June 05 : liberation of Florence Aubenas

15 April 05 : Yolanda Pulecio, Ingrid's mother, speaks to the Colombian Congress 

23 february 2005 : 3 years without Ingrid

Two French hostages return home; Ingrid still in Farc hands Press release 22 december 2004

1,000 days without Ingrid Betancourt Press release 19 november 2004

The kidnapped Nobel Candidate By Alfredo Zamudio

Ingrid Betancourt : a Woman to change Colombia

press release :  First Hostages' International Day 23 February 2004

Missing... : the names of 3,000 people currently held hostage in Colombia

Ingrid's video received from the Farcs on August 30th, 2003

Interview of Mélanie, Ingrid's daughter (Dublin 11 nov. 2003; interview by Marian Finucane on Radio Teilifís Eireann Radio RTE1) - RealOne streaming, 16 min.

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A communiqué from Ingrid's family Wednesday May 7th, 2003

Let my mother go ! (salon.com 25 feb. 03)
What you can people do in the USA (from the website of our Tucson (AZ) committee)

Declaration by the Executive Committee of the Network of Women Parliamentarians of the Americas
1st of march 2003 officially designated as the day of Ingrid Betancourt In Miami-Dade (Florida, USA) by the Mayor Alex Penelas
A powerless pawn in Colombia's war By Joe Goldiamond (International Herald Tribune) November 26, 2002
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Dublin People : Ingrid Betancourt has been granted the freedom of South Dublin

Video message : a communiqué by Ingrid's family

our campaign to save Ingrid
a letter from Erika
Ingrid and Colombia : fact sheet

Ingrid's Interview by Radio Netherlands last December 

Fresh Air online : listen to Ingrid and to freelance journalist Stephen Dudley

Watch a 3 minute excerpt of her emotional speech at the Global Greens conference in Canberra last year (REAL streaming - connection may take about 45 seconds)
(amateur video by Hubert Rouaud)

Her book : Until Death Do Us Part
Think tank officials find fault with U.S. policy toward Colombia (Athens News 21 apr 03)
First it was Reds, then drugs, then terror. So who have the US really been fighting in Colombia? (George Monbiot February 4, 2003 - The Guardian)
Colombia, the next Vietnam ? (Sustainable Planet)
Noam Chomsky: Behind the Headlines on Colombia
Colombia Watch (Zmag.org)
Facts and stats about Colombia (Frontline World)

More about Colombia 

This whole site in Automatic translation

Back to French-language pages

Yolanda Pulecio - l'Albergue Infantil
www.4ingrid.com (Canadian site)
Site of the Tucson (AZ) committee
Ingrid's official site
Ingrid's campaign site (in Spanish)

AlterFocus : Ingrid Betancourt et ses enfantsIreland : Galway Young Greens

Green Party of the United States International Committee (Special page on Ingrid, maintained by Mr. Tony Affigne