In Washington, the Foundation for Moral Courage has honored Ms. Ingrid Betancourt with the Jan Karski Award for Moral Courage.

The event was co-hosted by Mr. Jean David Levitte, French Ambassador in Washington, D.C. and Mr. Luis Alberto Moreno, Colombian Ambassador in Washington, D.C.

It is the hope of the Foundation that this event will lead to her release as well as the other political hostages in Colombia.

The mission of the Foundation for Moral Courage is to highlight acts of “moral courage” by individuals or groups who have helped to change the course of events within their community or country. By identifying ordinary people who became extraordinary through their acts of great personal courage, the foundation underscores the importance of a shared commitment to universal human values.

Jo Rosano, the mother of Marc Gonsalves (one of the three U.S. hostages) attended the ceremony.   Read her testimony