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  Belisario Betancourt
Betancur was the Minister of Labor in 1963 and Ambassador of Colombia to Spain from 1975 to 1977.
Betancur is currently the Vice-president of the Club of Rome for Latin America, President of the Commission for Truth in the El Salvadorian peace process, President of the Pan-American Health Office in Washington, and President of the Santillana for Latin America Foundation in Bogotá.
Betancur is the recipient of Doctorates Honoris Causa from the Universities of Colorado and Georgetown, and the Prince of Asturias Peace Award (Spain).
www.clubmadrid.org /cmadrid/index.php?id=120   (602 words)

  
 Belisario Betancur -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Belisario Betancur Cuartas (born February 4, 1923) was the President of (A republic in northwestern South America; the major legal crop is coffee but cocaine is also a major export) Colombia from 1982 to 1986.
Son of Rosendo Betancur and Anita Otilia Cuartas, he was born in El Morro de la Paila (Amagá, Antioquía, Colombia).
He won the Peace Prize Principe de Asturias for his contribution with Centralamerica's peace, he also began the descentralization of Colombian state and promote the first peace talks with armed groups.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/be/belisario_betancur.htm   (190 words)

  
 Belisario Betancur - Ex Presidente de Colombia
Betancur trabajó como periodista y profesor durante su carrera política.
Betancur fue Ministro de Trabajo en 1963 y embajador de Colombia en España desde 1975 hasta 1977.
Betancur es actualmente vicepresidente del Club de Roma para América Latina, presidente de la Comisión para la Verdad en el proceso de Paz de El Salvador, presidente de la Oficina en Washington de la Organización Panamericana para la Salud y presidente de la Fundación Santillana para América Latina, con sede en Bogotá.
www.clubmadrid.org /cmadrid/index.php?id=266   (603 words)

  
 The Evolution of Conflict Resolution Strategies in Colombia's Peace Process
In 1986, conservative Belisario Betancur stepped into office and initiated dialogues with the guerrillas, which have intermittently continued throughout the last five administrations, and will be discussed in further detail in the following pages.
From Betancur, to Barco, Gaviria, Samper, and Pastrana, the major policies have been determined in the presence of and with a strong input of the armed forces.
Three presidents attempted under their own initiative to reach an agreement with the rebels; Betancur and Pastrana struggled to find a peaceful resolution to the conflict, and so would have done Samper, or at least that was his explicit intention if the guerrillas had accepted his terms.
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In 1982, President Belisario Betancur offered an amnesty for all guerrilla groups and began peace talks.
Two years later guerrilla leaders and government officials agreed to a cease-fire, but scattered fighting continued, and the minister of justice was assassinated for trying to clamp down on the drug trade.
Betancur refused to negotiate, and 100 people were killed, including 41 guerrillas and 11 Supreme Court judges, when troops assaulted the building.
cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /interactive/specials/0008/organization.profiles/CE.M-19.txt   (311 words)

  
 Summer / Autumn 2002:Introduction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The writers who participate in the Puterbaugh series wrestle with issues that are of universal concern with which we as U.S. citizens must come to grips as we examine our role in the world community.
In November 1982, U.S. president Ronald Reagan was taken aback by Colombian president Belisario Betancur's charge that the United States was consistently denying admission to his country's most prominent citizen.
Continuing this remarkable tradition with great distinction is the 2002 Puterbaugh Fellow, Cuban author Roberto Fernández Retamar, the focus of the current issue of World Literature Today and WLT Magazine and the nineteenth featured guest in the series, established and maintained in perpetuity by a generous endowment from the Puterbaugh Foundation of McAlester, Oklahoma.
www.ou.edu /worldlit/wlt/2002sum-aut/Introduction.htm   (648 words)

  
 Belisario - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Belisario   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Here you will find more informations about Belisario.
Belisario ("Belisarius") is an opera in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti, using a libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, in turn founded upon the drama of Eduard von Schenk.
The plot is loosely based on the life of the famous general Belisarius of the 6th century Byzantine Empire.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Belisario.html   (454 words)

  
 Alternatives to war - Colombia's peace processes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As part of his peace strategy, President Betancur established a National Rehabilitation Plan (PNR) to address the objective causes of the violence and establish harmonious relations between the state and society.
President Barco reactivated and extended the PNR in August 1987, with the same intentions as the Betancur administration.
In a strategy opposed to that of President Betancur, President Barco established a Council for Reconciliation, Normalization and Rehabilitation, better known as the Peace Council.
www.c-r.org /accord/col/accord14/profiles.shtml   (4121 words)

  
 BETANCUR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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Reverend clergy, President Betancur, I'm happy to be in Santa Fe de Bogota, the Athens of America.
President Betancur, you and I know what can be accomplished with the will to keep going until the job is done.
President Betancur, I propose a toast to you and to the people of Colombia: May the values that bind us, the friendships and dreams we share, be preserved by us, the people of the New World, as an eternal, sacred trust.
www.reagan.utexas.edu /archives/speeches/1982/120382d.htm   (1719 words)

  
 The Nation: Upheaval in Colombia. (hostages in the Palace of Justice) (editorial)@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Colombian President Belisario Betancur Cuartas's decision to storm the Palace of Justice in bogota, where guerrillas held scores of hostages, succeeded in wiping out most of his nation's top judiciary, along with much of the M-19 movement's leadership.
It did nothing to heal historic political divisions or eliminate the causes of opposition and insurgency, which have rent the century for three decades.
After the assault, Betancur justified his action: "The government cannot negotiate what is nonnegotiable, such as the...
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:4030994&refid=holomed_1   (173 words)

  
 UNICEF - Press centre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
New York, 26 November 2002 - A distinguished group of imminent Iberoamerican writers and celebrities led by Nobel prizewinner José Saramago and former President of the Republic of Colombia, Mr.
Belisario Betancur issued an urgent call on behalf of chidren Wednesday.
In the "Manifesto for an Economy and Democracy for Children and Adolescents" the group states that:
www.unicef.org /media/media_19489.htm   (286 words)

  
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Betancur's position was a radical departure from that of his predecessors, for he recognized that guerrilla violence was the product of real social conditions and he understood the relationship between those conditions and the demands of the insurgents." 3
However, many legislators were opposed to Betancur's peace initiatives and, with the help of newly-elected President Virgilio Barco in 1986, soon put an end to any negotiated threat to the interests of the oligarchy.
On February 20, 1983, the Procurador General (Attorney General) released the results of an investigation ordered by President Belisario Betancur into death squad activity by MAS organizations.
www.lasc.ie /news/paramilitary-prolifer.html   (2928 words)

  
 China and Colombia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
From October 28-30, 1985, at the invitation of Colombian President Belisario Betancur Cuartas, Premier Zhao Ziyang paid an official goodwill visit to Colombia.
Colombian President Belisario Betancur Cuartas and leaders of both Senate and House of Representatives met with him respectively.
Outgoing President Belisario Betancur Cuartas, new President Virgilio Barco Vargas and Minister of Public Utilities Luis Fernando Jaramillo met with him respectively.
www3.fmprc.gov.cn /eng/4327.html   (4956 words)

  
 belisario - OneLook Dictionary Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
We found one dictionary with English definitions that includes the word belisario:
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 Diario El Pais - Cali Colombia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
El ex presidente de la República, Belisario Betancur Cuartas, invitó este domingo a todos los colombianos a ejercer el derecho del sufragio y afirmó que es el momento de hacer un acto de afirmación de fe en las instituciones, en estos momentos convulsionados por los que atraviesa el país.
"La democracia tiene potencialidades propias y si las ejercemos todos los colombianos votando, ese acto de afirmación de fe genera dividendos y retribuye al final del camino, el fortalecimiento de la democracia", dijo Betancur.
Agregó que los colombianos no se pueden quejar de no tener opciones, pues hay muy buenos candidatos y en todo caso, "representativos de lo que somos".
elpais-cali.terra.com.co /paisonline/notas/Marzo102002/betancur.html   (183 words)

  
 Colombia
The umbrella group for these paramilitaries is the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC).
Belisario Betancur Cuartas, a Conservative who assumed the presidency in 1982, unsuccessfully attempted to stem the guerrilla violence.
In an official war against drug trafficking, Colombia became a public battleground with bombs, killings, and kidnappings.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107419.html   (1436 words)

  
 Letter to President Belisario Betancur Cuartas Offering Support Following the Volcanic Eruption in Colombia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Letter to President Belisario Betancur Cuartas Offering Support Following the Volcanic Eruption in Colombia
I was stunned to learn of the devastation following the eruption of the volcano Nevado Del Ruiz.
Note: The original was not available for verification of the content of this letter, which was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on November 15.
www.reagan.utexas.edu /archives/speeches/1985/111485e.htm   (136 words)

  
 Resistencia Nº 26 | Editorial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
On May 28, 1984, two months after signing the accord, the FARC-EP ordered a cease-fire by all its guerrilla fronts (27 at that time).
Simultaneously, and implementing what had been agreed, President Belisario Betancur -Commander in Chief of the official Armed Forces- gave the same order to all the civil and military authorities of the country.
At no time did the pact involve disarming by the insurgency.
www.farcep.org /pagina_ingles/Resistencia29/Web/tregua.html   (837 words)

  
 Belisario Corenzio ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
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Belisario Corenzio, St. Anthony Abbas Healing a Child, circa 1600
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