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World Service,2 mins

Ingrid Betancourt: How I learnt to survive my six years as a hostage

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Ingrid Betancourt was held captive by left wing rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia for more than six years. For some of that time she was chained, by the neck, to a tree. But in that time she learnt a great deal about herself. Photo: Ingrid Betancourt. Credit: Barker Evans.

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