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Juan Manuel Santos Calderón GColIH GCB (Spanish: [xwan maˈnwel ˈsantos kaldeˈɾon]; born 10 August 1951) is a Colombian politician and the President of Colombia, in office since 2010. He was the sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Social housing, education, health, jobs and sustainable surroundings. Those are my priorities.

Housing, Jobs, Priorities, Social

Colombians do not like the FARC. In fact, 95 percent reject the FARC.

Colombians, Fact, Facts, Farc, Percent, Rejects

Where do you draw the line between peace and justice? If you ask the victims, they want more justice; if you ask the potential victims, they want more peace.

Ask, Draw, Justice, Line, Lines, Want

The Colombian economy is very strong. We have one of the highest rates of growth in Latin America.

America, Latin, Rates, Strong

If we are giving judicial benefits to one part, we should give them to the other part as well.

Benefits, Give, Giving, Should

I have the complete support of the military. I personally served in the navy.

Military, Navy, Served, Support

We have had this happen in the past, right in Colombia: there were amnesties for everybody, guerrilla members were elected mayors, senators. Today there are senators who are - who were previously guerrillas.

Amnesty, Colombia, Guerrilla, Past, Senators, Today

If you analyze the production of coca in Colombia, you will realize that it is like economic cycles. It goes up and down, it goes up and down depending on the circumstances.

Analyze, Coca, Colombia, Economic, Realizing

At this moment, I don't think people would back the old-fashioned Marxist-Leninist ideas of FARC. But I do hope that the rebels will continue to pursue their agenda by legal means and not through violence.

Ideas, Legal, Mean, Thinking, Violence

I've not lived one single day of peace in Colombia, and 90 percent of people here say the same thing. We have gotten used to living in a war - we don't even react to massacres.

Day, Gotten, People, Used, War

When you have another person take part in the interview, you must notify the interviewee.

Interviewee, Interviews, Notify, Persons, Take

Colombia is applauded for the efforts that we continue to make to combat drug trafficking.

Applauded, Continue, Drug, Effort, Trafficking

Ten years ago, we were seen as a virtually failed state, but today we are a vibrant democracy. You can walk safely through the streets of Bogota these days.

Democracy, Streets, Today, Virtually, Years

If we act together on the drug problem, with a comprehensive vision devoid of ideological or political biases, we will be able to prevent much harm and violence!

Comprehensive, Devoid, Drug, Political, Problem, War

For many years, they said the drug lords in Colombia were unbeatable, but all the same, we've eliminated all the big capos (as the drug lords are called in Colombia). The homicide rate is as low as it was 40 years ago and the kidnapping rate has dropped to the level of 1964. Now we'll be able to bring down the street criminals specializing in extortion and robbery.

Criminals, Drug, Extortion, Low, Said, Years

Waging war is much more popular than negotiating, because there you need to compromise.

Compromise, Needs, Negotiating, Popular, War

Today, we must acknowledge, that war has not been won.

Acknowledge, Drug, Today, War

Democracy is like three oxen pulling a plough. The oxen are the independent powers, but you have to walk in the same direction; otherwise, you cannot plough and that is what was happening in Colombia. One ox was walking in one direction, the other in another direction, so the democracy was not working.

Independent, One Direction, Oxen, Three

Europe would be well advised to pay more attention to Latin America. The emerging economies are the engines of the global economy. Colombia has done too little to improve its reputation in Europe.

America, Done, Europe, Latin, Pay, Reputation

Colombia has a huge variety of plant and animal species, and we have enormous potential. Small and mid-sized companies should come to Colombia. From here, they have access to the entire Latin American market.

Animal, Enormous, Huge, Latin, Plant, Species

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