{"id":36264,"date":"2022-08-27T08:52:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T06:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=36264"},"modified":"2022-08-27T08:52:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T06:52:59","slug":"ingrid-betancourt-former-colombian-senator-and-presidential-candidate-addresses-the-free-iran-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/2022\/08\/ingrid-betancourt-former-colombian-senator-and-presidential-candidate-addresses-the-free-iran-2022\/36264\/","title":{"rendered":"Ingrid Betancourt, Former Colombian Senator and Presidential Candidate, Addresses the Free Iran 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ingrid Betancourt, Former Colombian Senator and Presidential Candidate<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Excerpts of speech of Ingrid Betancourt<\/a>, Former Colombian Senator and Presidential Candidate, at the Free Iran 2022, is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for that very kind introduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am so happy to be able to see you and to hug many of you at last in person after two years of being virtual. This is a marvelous moment for me. And, you know, when I was coming to Ashraf -3<\/a>, as much as the horizon in our world seems clouded because, of course, we cannot be here and not think of the Ukrainian. I know there is a delegation of Ukrainian here. Let me salute President Zelensky, our friend, our hero. We love him. And we love him because, in a way, he is one of us. He\u2019s like Maryam. He\u2019s one of those leaders that take up the fight whenever they are and whenever they have to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like Maryam<\/a>, our hero, the leader of this resistance. And so I was saying, as much as the horizon may seem clouded, the truth is that we are here in a place of hope. This is the place of hope. Here is where the change begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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