Background
Gabriel Betancourt was born in Medellín on April 27, 1918 to Pedro Nolasco Adriano Betancur Toro and Mariana Mejía Arango as the youngest of 9 children.
Gabriel Betancourt was born in Medellín on April 27, 1918 to Pedro Nolasco Adriano Betancur Toro and Mariana Mejía Arango as the youngest of 9 children.
Pontifical Xavierian University.
He later became assistant director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). He was also head of the education commission of the Alliance for Progress in Washington, District of Columbia under John F. Kennedy.
Betancourt was a member of the government of president Gustavo Rojas Pinilla.