Trapped in the Chaos of Argentina's Dirty War

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 30, 2016

This is a rebroadcast from an interview that originally aired on January 27, 2016.

A young couple is caught in the political chaos of Buenos Aires during Argentina's Dirty War in Ingrid Betancourt's new novel The Blue Line. Betancourt, a Colombian politician and activist who was held hostage for six years by the FARC in the Colombian jungle, incorporates her own experiences into the book. 

Listen: In 2010, Ingrid Betancourt talked with Leonard about being held hostage by a terrorist guerrilla organization.

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