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Friday, July 11, 2008 - 00:00
Betancourt said her initial elation at being rescued gave way to utter exhaustion. She now fears she may slip into a depression
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In interviews, she has been understandably cagey about her ambitions. The presidency seemed “very distant” she said, and there were other ways in which she could serve her country
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Former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt discusses faith, trauma and survival
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She also is trying to avoid describing the details of her ordeal as an attractive woman in captivity in the jungle, a time when she was often chained, physically tortured and humiliated
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Colombia's economy expanded 4.1 percent in the first quarter, less than half the 8.4 percent growth rate in the fourth quarter, according to the government. Inflation has quickened even as growth has weakened
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Bitter experience has made Latin Americans intolerant of inflation. But have their policymakers banished this spectre?
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El subsecretario para Asuntos Hemisfericos de Estados Unidos, Tom Shannon, se reunia ayer con la presidenta Cristina Kirchner en el marco de una visita de dos dias, durante la cual Argentina expresara su preocupacion por la reactivacion de la IV Flota
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Now 81 and ailing, he describes his most pressing activity as reading and writing about the news
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Upon her liberation, Betancourt offered profuse thanks to God and the Virgin Mary, to her supporters and the media, to France and Colombia and just about everybody else. As of this writing, none to the United States
Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 00:00
Newspaper tallies find nearly 50 kids have been killed this year — and a code of ethics in which hit men took care to avoid harming children appears to be evaporating.