As a candidate for the Colombian presidency in 2002, she was brave—or foolish—enough to campaign near the jungle stronghold of rebel paramilitaries. That’s when Ingrid Betancourt was taken hostage and ...

Three American Defense Department contractors and former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt were among 15 hostages rescued after years of captivity by leftist guerrillas, a Colombian ...

In the seven days since she emerged from six and a half harrowing years as a FARC hostage in the Colombian jungle, Ingrid Betancourt has been canonized by the media. And Saint Ingrid has responded ...

PARIS, March 6 (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned the leader of Colombia's FARC rebel movement on Thursday that he would be viewed as murderer throughout the world if he let hostage ...

Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt said her Catholic faith helped pull her through a six-year ordeal in Colombia, where she learned the value of "the sharing of despair." "The only thing I've settled in ...

Margaret Warner talks to Ingrid Betancourt about her new memoir, "Even Silence Has an End," and her years as a hostage in the Colombian jungle. Ingrid Betancourt is now two years and many miles beyond ...

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CARACAS, March 8 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made a public appeal to the head of Colombia's FARC guerrillas on Saturday to release high-profile French-Colombian hostage Ingrid ...

Three U.S. defense contractors are among hostages held by Colombian rebels, according to newly seized videos released by officials Friday. The images are the first in years to prove the captives may ...