Transcript Ingrid Betancourt

Ingrid Betancourt
By:John Morris
Birth and Early Life
• Born on December 25, 1961 in Bogota
Colombia.
• Her parents were Yolanda Pulecio and
Gabriel Betancourt.
• Both her parents were involved in
government business.
Bogota
Yolanda Pulecio
Bogota, Colombia
Early Political Jobs
• She started at the
Ministry of Finance
in 1989.
• She got the job
because the other
candidate was
assassinated.
• She worked there
until 1994.
View from
Ministry of
Finance
Elected to Chamber of
Representatives
• Stayed there from 1994 to 1998.
• Accused president Ernesto Samper of corruption by
accepting money from the Cali drug cartel.
• Launched her political party called the Green
Oxygen Program.
Chamber of
Representatives
Elected as Senator of Colombia
• Elected in 1998 to 2002.
• Got the most votes than any other candidate
in Colombian history.
• Death threats caused her to send her kids to
New Zealand.
Colombian Senate
Presidential Election
• Launched her presidential campaign in 2001.
• Her actions during it militarized a group
called the DMZ.
• Election was eventually won by Alvaro Uribe.
Alvaro Uribe
Bogota Capital
Kidnapping
• Captured in 2002.
• The group that kidnapped her was called
FARC.
• Was not found until 2008.
Ingrid
picture
taken by
Kidnappers
The end