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| End Farc 'hate', Betancourt urges | End Farc 'hate', Betancourt urges |
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| The recently freed Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt has urged an end to the Colombian government's "vocabulary of hate" against her former captors. | The recently freed Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt has urged an end to the Colombian government's "vocabulary of hate" against her former captors. |
| Ms Betancourt, a former presidential candidate, was held hostage for six years by Marxist Farc rebels. | Ms Betancourt, a former presidential candidate, was held hostage for six years by Marxist Farc rebels. |
| But, while praising President Alvaro Uribe's work towards her release, she said it was time to end "extremist" language towards the Farc. | But, while praising President Alvaro Uribe's work towards her release, she said it was time to end "extremist" language towards the Farc. |
| Miss Betancourt is in Paris, where she flew after her release on Wednesday. | Miss Betancourt is in Paris, where she flew after her release on Wednesday. |
| "I think we have reached a point where we must change this radical, extremist vocabulary of hate of very strong words that intimately wound the human being," she told French radio. | "I think we have reached a point where we must change this radical, extremist vocabulary of hate of very strong words that intimately wound the human being," she told French radio. |
| Revenge fear | |
| The 46-year-old, who has dual Colombian and French nationality, said she would not return to Colombia immediately. | |
| "I think one has to be clever, maybe it is not the time to go home," Ms Betancourt told Radio France International. | |
| "The Farc have taken a huge blow, they could probably want some kind of revenge or do something to regain a certain prestige, so I think it is best to be careful." INGRID BETANCOURT Born on 25 December 1961Grows up in Paris1989: Returns to Colombia1994: Elected to lower house1998: Becomes a senator2002: Kidnapped by Farc rebels Colombia's continuing hostage pain | |
| Ms Betancourt was campaigning for Colombia's presidency when she was captured by the Farc (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) in 2002. | |
| Speaking to French radio, she did not rule out resuming her political career at some stage but said the time was not yet right. | |
| She said she wished to serve Colombia with all her heart, but that at present it was "too early to talk of such things". | |
| Ms Betancourt has become a celebrity in France, and is due to receive a Legion of Honour medal from President Nicolas Sarkozy next week. | |
| She has said that she plans to write a play about her experience of being held hostage by the left wing rebels. | |
| The Farc, which has been waging a war of independence for the past four decades, still holds more than 40 high-profile hostages, among up to 700 other captives. |