Belisario Betancur

Belisario Betancur Cuartas (born on February 4, 1923) is a Colombian statesman, who as a member of the Colombian Conservative Party was President of Colombia from 1982 to 1986. Betancur was born in the vicinity of “el Morro de la Paila”, of the town of Amagá, Antioquia. His father, Rosendo Betancur, was a blue-collar worker at the textile company Coltejer, job that he obtained after having spent most of his life transporting goods by mule through the mountains of Antioquia. His mother, Ana Otilia Cuartas, had a small shop in Amagá. She died in 1950. Betancur started his education in the public school of Amagá. He later transferred to the seminary “Misiones de Yarumal’’, where he studied for the priesthood. He was dismissed from the...