Betancur

Kena Betancur/Reuters STILL STRUGGLING: Mildor Dieula, 29, whose leg was amputated in the wake of the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti, gave her cholera-infected son crackers at a clinic in Port-au-Prince, Monday.

Photos of the Day: Jan. 10 2011

Kena Betancur/Reuters A young man carried a girl across a flooded street in Hoboken, N.J.

Weakened Irene Rakes Coast 2011

Kena Betancur/Reuters UNSANITARY CONDITIONS: A woman collected water from the ground to clean a table to sell meat in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday.

Photos of the Day: Nov. 22 2010

The Betancur government negotiated a cease-fire and amnesty with the FARC and the M-19.

1982, May 31 2001

Betancur then imposed a state of siege, declaring war on the drug trade.

1983, Nov 2001

It included Enrique Gomez, son of then president Laureano Gomez, as well as a young journalist by the name of Belisario Betancur who would himself become president of Colombia thirty years later.

One River Wade Davis 1996

It included Enrique Gomez, son of then president Laureano Gomez, as well as a young journalist by the name of Belisario Betancur who would himself become president of Colombia thirty years later.

One River Wade Davis 1996

We had seen a copy of the speech President Belisario Betancur intended to give when we were in Colombia.

Turmoil and Triumph George P. Shultz 1993

We had seen a copy of the speech President Belisario Betancur intended to give when we were in Colombia.

Turmoil and Triumph George P. Shultz 1993

Betancur museum; 12 municipalities with town cultural centers; 1 television center; 6 radio stations; 6 gymnasiums; 15 recreational shooting ranges; 14 ballparks, including Candido Gonzalez stadium; 16 pools; explorers 'centers; 5 camping installations; and the Ignacio Agramonte museum.

INAUGURATING THE TINIMA BREWERY 1985