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In a strong show of support for peace negotiations with leftist rebels, Colombians gave President Juan Manuel Santos a solid reelection victory against a former finance minister Sunday.
June 15, 2014
Q&A with Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos
Jan. 9, 2009
The Nobel committee said it hoped the honor would give him the strength to “bring the war to an end.”
Oct. 7, 2016
La Plaza
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May 31, 2010
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos met Thursday with President Trump, hoping to secure guarantees for a continuation of millions of dollars in U.S. aid as his country emerges from a half-century of civil war.
May 18, 2017
President Juan Manuel Santos announced on Friday that he will sign a peace accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia later this month in Cartagena.
Sept. 2, 2016
Three days after voters rejected an accord to end Colombia’s long-running civil war, President Juan Manuel Santos met Wednesday with his predecessor Alvaro Uribe, the leading opponent of the deal, and agreed to begin talks to reshape the agreement.
Oct. 5, 2016
June 22, 2010
In a presidential election marked by campaign mudslinging and low voter turnout, right-wing candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, a harsh critic of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’ peace initiative with leftist rebels, tallied the most votes in Sunday’s first round but fell far short of the simple majority needed for outright victory.
May 25, 2014
President Juan Manuel Santos is extending a cease-fire with Colombia’s largest rebel movement in a bid to give more time to efforts to save a peace deal rejected by voters.
Oct. 13, 2016