Gabriel Betancourt commission of the Alliance for Progress in Washington, D.C. under John F. Kennedy. Gabriel Betancourt was the father of the politician and former FARC hostage Íngrid Betancourt. Gabriel Betancourt divorced his wife Yolanda Pulecio in 1980 and was granted custody of his daughters. Gabriel Betancourt died of heart and respiratory trouble a month after Íngrid's kidnapping, without seeing his daughter again. Gabriel Betancourt Gabriel Betancourt Mejía (born April 27, 1918 in Medellín – died March 23, 2002 in Bogotá) was a Colombian economist and diplomat who served as Colombia's Minister of National Education in two occasions, and Permanent Delegate to
Gabriel Duffy Gabriel Duffy Gabriel Patrick Duffy (1942–2008) was an author and philosopher born in Dublin, Ireland, and is best known for his autobiography, "Sham to Rock". Duffy emigrated to London in 1963, where he worked as an accountant. He then worked in recruitment, subsequently establishing and building up Gabriel Duffy, which in the 1980s became a well known and successful financial recruitment consultancy. When, as a result of the recession in the early 1990s, the business hit difficulties, he turned full-time to his great love, writing. He has two daughters and was friendly with the novelist Colin Wilson. Duffy died of