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" I want to tell President Sarkozy - and through him, all the French people - that they were our support, our light. "

Ingrid Betancourt

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" As a Colombian, the only way I can relate to my country is through suffering. I hope that my children and my grandchildren will relate to the beautiful country in a way that it is positive and loving. "

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" In the jungle, every day is like the other. So you need to have a special discipline to make things different and to keep in your memory the dates and the days. And I think that's something that's very important when you are held hostage. "

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" I was in chains all the time, 24 hours a day, for three years. I tried to wear those chains with dignity, even if I felt that it was unbearable. "

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" When you lose your freedom, you are alone with your emotions and reactions... you can see, for example, the bad reactions you have in front of others or the way you could be dismissive or harsh. "

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" You are a free woman, and then you become a prisoner, and you receive all kinds of orders. Sit here, stand there. That's it. You just, you don't have the possibility of even moving to take your bag without asking for permission. "

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" I don't want to be submerged by depression. "

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" I never say no to an ice cream. "

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" At first, I didn't want to accept that I had been abducted. I kept thinking, 'Next week, I'll be freed.' "

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" When you have a chain around your neck, you have to keep your head down and try to accept your fate without succumbing entirely to humiliation, without forgetting who you are. "

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" I didn't want to accept that people would forget me, that the government wouldn't do anything to negotiate our freedom. After a year, I came to understand that not only had one year passed, many more would come. "

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" In a kidnapping, you leave behind a lot of your baggage, like arrogance and stubbornness. "

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" I have shed many tears of pain and indignation. "

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" More than a victim, I am a survivor of a dehumanization process. "

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" The thing is that war is the opposite of negotiation. It's when you cannot negotiate, when you cannot talk, when you cannot reach agreements that then you have war. "

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" We can't continue with a justice of vengeance. Peace will require us to accept a certain degree of impunity; it's inevitable. "

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" On one hand, it seems strange that a country that has suffered so much from violence and war would be debating if they want peace or not. But in Colombia, a part of society is deeply connected with the war as a means of making a living. "

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" I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time. "

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" It's easy when you have suffered to feel the link with what others have gone through. "

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" Reconciliation is a national decision that has to be debated and a consensus made among Colombians. "

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" Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart. "

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" I love Colombia's military. I love my country. "

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" I continue with the illusion of serving Colombia. Only God knows if it were to be from the presidency. "

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" You need tremendous spirituality to stop yourself falling into the abyss. "

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" France is my home; you are my family. I am carrying all of you in my heart. "

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" In Colombia, women are a huge factor for reconciliation. I have seen many strong women advocating for negotiations. I remember when the paramilitary were active, there were women close to the paramilitary asking for negotiations. "

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" In the jungle, faith also became something very real; it helped me to understand what was happening to me and changed my questions. "

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" In captivity, one loses every way of acting over little details which satisfy the essentials of life. Everything has to be asked for: permission to go to the toilet, permission to ask a guard something, permission to talk to another hostage - to brush your teeth, use toilet paper, everything is a negotiation. "

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" I want to serve my country, but not necessarily in the political arena. "

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" I had this belief that I couldn't just accept to be treated as an object. It was a problem of dignity. "

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