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Ingrid Betancourt: Quick Facts

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Born December 25, 1961 (age 64) • Bogotá • Colombia
Notable Works “Even Silence Has an End” • “The Blue Line”

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Colombian President Ivan Duque in a suit and purple tie, smiling, with blurred flags in the background.
Iván Duque
president of Colombia
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian author
Mutis, Álvaro
Álvaro Mutis
Colombian author
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Germán Arciniegas
Colombian writer and diplomat
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José Eustasio Rivera
Colombian poet
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Tomás Carrasquilla
Colombian author
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Jorge Isaacs
Colombian writer
Isabel Allende, 2008
Isabel Allende
Chilean American writer
Paulo Coelho smiling in a close-up portrait, wearing a black jacket, with photographers and camera flashes in the blurred background at the Cannes Film Festival.
Paulo Coelho
Brazilian author
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Sergio Pitol
Mexican author
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Gregory Rabassa
American translator
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Graciliano Ramos
Brazilian author
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Martín Luis Guzmán
Mexican writer
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César Gaviria Trujillo
president of Colombia
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Virgilio Barco Vargas
president of Colombia
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Juan Manuel Santos
president of Colombia
Gustavo Petro
Gustavo Petro
president of Colombia
President Alvaro Uribe, wearing a suit and the Colombian presidential sash, raises his hand to wave.
Álvaro Uribe
president of Colombia
Colombia's president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella, wearing a dark suit and sunglasses, gestures and speaks into a microphone during a public speech.
Abelardo de la Espriella
president of Colombia
Colette
Colette
French writer