FILE PHOTO: Colombia's former president Belisario Betancur speaks to the media beside Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim (not pictured) during a news conference after attending the annual meeting of the Circulo de Montevideo Foundation, at Soumaya museum in Mexico City, Mexico November 4, 2016. REUTERS/Henry Romero
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Former Colombian President Belisario Betancur, who attempted to broker peace with leftist rebels during his administration, died on Friday at the age of 95, the Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota hospital said.
The hospital did not provide a cause of death, but media reports said he had been admitted with kidney problems.
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