LA Rabia En El Corazon (Spanish Edition)
Colombian presidential candidate Betancourt's face flooded the  international media in the spring of 2002 when the Fuerzas  Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), the country's most  powerful rebel group, kidnapped her at the height of her  well-publicized campaign. This best-selling, controversially  candid political memoir was originally published in French in  2001 and subsequently translated into 20 other languages. The  book was first rejected for publication in Colombia because it  hangs out national politicians' dirty laundry. In it Betancourt  boldly accuses former president Ernesto Samper of taking money  from drug traffickers to fund his campaign, and she implicates  him in the deaths of several political opponents. Betancourt  frankly describes the transitions in her life, as she moves from  a charmed existence as the daughter of a Colombian ambassador  stationed in France to political prominence when she returned to  Bogota, where she worked her way up the political ranks as a  representative and later as a senator in Colombia's national  legislature. This gripping first-person account, which offers a  unique perspective on Colombia's corrupt and noble politicians  of the last decade, is filled with gripping passages that  recount Betancourt's tense meeting with the heads of the Cali  Cartel and the numerous death threats against her own life and  that of her family. Given the author's current worldwide fame  and uncertain status, this book is highly recommended to all  libraries and bookstores. Adriana Lopez, "Criticas"Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.