- Gabriel Betancourt
Gabriel Betancourt Mejía (27 April 1918,
Bogotá - 23 March 2002, Bogotá) was aColombia n politician and diplomat.Betancourt was minister for the General
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla dictatorship (1953-1957), the assistant director of theUnited Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ), ambassador to the embassy inParis cite news |first=Juan |last=Forero |title=Bogotá Journal; Corruption's Her Story; Colombia Doesn't Like It |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9803E4D6153BF934A25752C1A9679C8B63 |publisher=The New York Times |date=2001-11-17 |accessdate=2008-04-08] , and head of the education commission of theAlliance for Progress inWashington, D.C. underJohn F. Kennedy .Biography
Gabriel Betancourt was the father of the politician and former
FARC hostageÍngrid Betancourt . Gabriel Betancourt divorced in 1975 and was granted custody of his daughters. Gabriel Betancourt died of heart and respiratory trouble a month after Íngrid's kidnapping, without seeing his daughter again.cite web |title=Profile: Ingrid Betancourt |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7266587.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=2008-02-28 |accessdate=2008-07-03]References
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