Betancourt speaks to SBS 4

It’s the day the Colombian presidential candidate was taken hostage by leftist FARC rebels.

She survived more than six years in appalling conditions in the Amazon jungle before being freed in a daring raid by the Colombian military.

Ingrid Betancourt is a guest at the Sydney Writers’ Festival, and she spoke to SBS.

Listen to the interview HERE:

and don´t forget Ingrid is speaking at the Green Oration in Hobart on Thursday