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And i have the strength in me to fight for them. you talk of scars and this is a difficult question, ingrid, and i should say i have your extraordinary book in front of me that you wrote years ago, even silence has an end, where you are very candid about what captivity did to you. it was very difficult and you talk about the way it exposed some of your fragility and weakness along with the other captives and, one of them was your very close companion who worked with you, clara rojas, and she has...

They have to leave their kids during hours of slave labour, working in the informality, subject to abuse of all kinds or working in illegality with drug traffickers and this is never an option. we are chained to this system of corruption and i think i have...i have, of course, my scars but i have also the knowledge of what people in my country are suffering and i have the strength in me to fight for them. you talk of scars and this is a difficult question, ingrid, and i should say i have your ex...

Are easy but i am strong and i want to fight for what i believe and critics are a part of politics. believe and critics are a part of militia-— believe and critics are a part of olitics. �* u, of politics. and continuing the theme of scrutiny, _ of politics. and continuing the theme of scrutiny, i _ of politics. and continuing the theme of scrutiny, i guess, i of politics. and continuing the theme of scrutiny, i guess, if| theme of scrutiny, i guess, if we are realistic about it, some colomb...

Many colombians are, in a way, chained as well. they have to leave the children for hours of slave labour, working in the informality, subject to abuse or working in illegality with drug traffickers and this is never an option. we are chained to this system of corruption and i think i have, i have, of course my scars but i have also the knowledge of what people in my country are suffering and i have the strength in me to fight for them.— have the strength in me to fight for them. you speak of ...

But we also met the best of each other, and i discovered in this captivity, light, light in all of us, in all humankind, which is our capacity to overcome difficulties by solidarity, by generosity, by confiding in each other and, of course, thats a transition, it is a path of transformation and i know that colombians are aware of this, i know also that politics is hard and i know i have been already under all types of scrutiny and critics are easy, but i am strong and i want to fight for what i ...

Ingrid betancourt in bogota, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me, stephen. its really, really a pleasure after so many years. yeah, it is, many years since we last spoke, and that, of course, was when you got out ofjungle captivity in 2008. but i want to begin by taking you back a full 20 years to your running for the presidency in 2002. that, of course, was the campaign during which you were taken and held captive by farc guerrillas. it seems extraordinary that youve decided to run aga...

Colombias guerrilla war is over, and now shes running again, promising a war on corruption. she says shell finish what she started — is that possible? ingrid betancourt in bogota, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me, stephen, it is really really a pleasure after so many years. it is, many years since we last spoke and that, of course, was when you got out ofjungle captivity in 2008. but i want to begin by taking you back a full 20

The attack to make it known, not just to the american public but worldwide that they intended to use a false flag operation to start the provocation. so this is very similar out of the play book. we need to respond by first saying, were not going to negotiate with terrorists. i think the ukrainians would agree with that. this is a sovereign country. theyll fight for the borders. until they pull back, there is no negotiating. >> so youve been very active in the case of former u.s. marine trevor r...

The families of two former marines detained in russia for years are pleading with the white house to continue to work for their loved ones release as tensions continue with russia over the unprovoked war against ukraine, slaughtering the ukrainian people. wheelans brother said those unheld by russia unjustly should be part of any future negotiations with the kremlin. while the family of trevor reed held a demonstration in ft. worth, texas today, to try the raise awareness of trevors case ahead o...

Nearly $14 billion in aid to ukraine. ill talk to the bipartisan co-chairs of the congressional eu caucus about that and what more the united states can do. this morning ukraines president warning the scale of the threat in his country is at its peak. he also has this warning for russian soldiers invading his country, that the only thing waiting for them in ukraine is captivity and death. the war itself has been a magnet for ukrainians scattered around the world to return and fight. on tuesday a...