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LA Rabia En El Corazon (Spanish Edition)

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LEI ESTE LIBRO EN MENOS DE UNA SEMANA. SOY UNA LECTORA CONTINUA DE DISTINTOS TIPOS DE LIBROS. CONSIDERO QUE ESTE ES UNO DE LOS MEJORES QUE HE LEIDO. LA FORMA EN QUE ELLA PRESENTA LAS SITUACIONES DE SU DIARIO VIVIR COMO PERSONA POLITICA PUBLICA, COMO AMA DE CASA, MADRE, HIJA, Y SOBRETODO, CIUDADANA DE SU PAISES, DE SUMA REVELANCIA.
NO ES UNA NOVELA DE FICCION, SINO ES LA NARRACION DE HECHOS HISTORICOS RECIENTES NARRADOS DESDE UNA PERPECTIVA SUMAMENTE INTERESANTE.
ES UNA FORMA DE CONOCER LA POLITICA DE ESTE PAIS.

Unfortunately our society (I am Colombian) is a very violent one. Violence is not just physical; it is also verbal and with attitudes filled with rage and prejudice. Ingrid has made mistakes, and has paid for them dearly. However her courage and conviction can never be questioned.
Some of hese comments have nothing to do with the literary work she did in this book. You do have to be familiar with the political situation in Colombia at the time this book was written, but that aside, it is so captivating and well written, that it took me only one night to read it.

The Colombian conflict is difficult to understand, since it is basically an age old agrarian war that continues to be fought today. Instead of whipping out the factual, statisical histroy books, you only need to read two novels in order to get a good, firm grasp of the root of the problem. The first is Marquez's highly acclaimed Hundred Years of Solitude and the second is Ingrid Betancourt's second novel La Rabia en el Corazon. I read the book in Spanish, however it was originally written in French and has been translated into many different languages. Betancourt clearly and frankly lays out the more recent Colombian political history of corruption, drug cartels, politicians and their intricate, yet shameful links. In her book, she reveals the dark side to Colombian politics and her struggle to try and change the political spectrum and move Colombia closer to political democracy. Unfortunately Betancourt is currently being held hostage in Colombia (her husband is trying to launch an investigation into the government's role into the kidnapping).
Betancourt was a loud, clear voice of reason, honesty and pure belligerence in order to try and transform Colombia. They may have tried to silence her, but this book speaks volumes.

Full marks.

This book is excellent. It goes right down to the heart of what's holding Colombia back in terms of economic progress, social development and its effort to obtain a real political democracy. It's all about corruption; corruption from the lowest to the highest levels of power; and a corruption that has pit one Colombian against another for years. This book is about Ingrid's tireless struggle to try to change all this, which is fascinating. But at times throughout the book, some sweeping generalizations are made implying that all politicians (for example, at the local level) are corrupt. We must not forget, however, that there are many other Ingrid's out there that don't have a national platform to spread their message or to make us stand up and take notice of their good work. Therefore, when reading this book, keep in mind that this is just one person's struggle, from one perspective. Ingrid knows Colombia extremely well and she has the courage to speak up, which should be applauded. By reading this book, you will defintely get a better insight into how the Colombian system really operates. Buy the book!

I'm Colombian and unfortunately thought 'd be interesting reading some more about her case but after a couple pages I'd to put it back. Lost my money and my time and even worst it hurt my love for my country. All what you'll find here is a book full of lies of somebody trying to appear as the mayor victim in the world but she won't tell you the true why she got into this problem and the things she has done against our country. All what she cares is about making a lot of money using her case, but she won't do anything at all to help anybody even so that she's living and moving into the high classes in France and around the world. Very Sad; She's just not a nice and reliable person.