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Regina Betancourt de Lizca (or Liska) (born Concordia, Colombia, December 16, 1936), better known as Regina 11, is a Colombian politician and psychic, who participated in the presidential elections of 1986 and 1990, coming in at fifth place in the 1990 election.
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[edit] Biography
Betancourt was born in Concordia, a small town in Antioquia, a department in Colombia. At an early age she realized that she could see and read peoples auras.
She has published over 20 books on various metaphysical and spiritual subjects, written songs and poetry, and produced videos on her teachings. She has hosted a daily radio talk show, and has worked as a television presenter.
She is the founder of the International Centre of Unity, and founder of the political party "The Metapolitical Unitarian Movement" (Movimiento Unitario Metapolitico).
She was council member of different municipalities in Colombia, she was council member for Bogota District Capital, Deputy for Cundinamarca and Senator of the Colombian Republic. In 1994 she ran for the Colombian presidency being fourth on the first round of elections, getting 1.11% of the votes.[1] She was the first Colombian woman to create a political party.
[edit] Controversy
She was kidnapped for five months, and held in the mountains of Colombia. During her kidnapping she was elected to the city council of Bogotá. When she was released, she was accused of faking the kidnapping. Her husband Danny Liska died shortly after her release. Shortly after that, The Supreme Court of Justice accused her of fraud and sentenced her to home detention. While under house arrest she wrote Una escoba en el Monte, (A Broom In the Mount), where she related her experiences as a kidnap victim. She was given conditional freedom, but before she could publish her book she was sentenced to jail once again.
After she was released from house arrest the Supreme Court of justice found she was innocent and all charges were lifted. She then moved to live in the United States, and has she travelled to Europe and Central America. She is currently back in Colombia, hosting her radio show.
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