Tag: Juan Manuel Santos

Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Former Colombian leader says gov't seeks to resume peace talks with ELN

Former Colombian President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Juan Manuel Santos Wednesday said the current administration headed by Iván Duque is interested in striking a peace deal with the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional - ELN) guerrillas.
Tuesday, October 22nd 2019 - 09:29 UTC
Climate change, greater threat than nuclear war, says ex Colombian president and Nobel peace laureate

The threat of climate change has overtaken the prospect of nuclear war as the most pressing concern facing humanity, a former Colombian president and Nobel peace laureate warned on Monday.
Monday, November 12th 2018 - 07:40 UTC
FARC said to be regrouping to resume guerrilla fighting in Colombia

Colombian Armed Forces commanding officer General Alberto José Mejía is aware of the existence of a plan to refund the FARC guerrillas and those behind it would be the group's former leaders, Radio Caracol reported this weekend.
Tuesday, August 7th 2018 - 07:23 UTC
Ivan Duque takes office as Colombian president; staunch ally of the Trump administration

Ivan Duque, who will be sworn in as Colombia’s president on Tuesday, is poised to become an unusually strong ally for the Trump administration after he made a project of cultivating ties with the White House and spotlighting shared views on drug control, counterterrorism and the unfolding political and economic crisis in next-door Venezuela.
Monday, August 6th 2018 - 20:57 UTC
Venezuelan Prosecutor assures that the perpetrators of the “assassination attempt” against Nicolás Maduro were identified

Last Saturday, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, described as “attempted assassination” the events that interrupted an official ceremony in Caracas in commemoration of the anniversary of the armed forces.
Thursday, August 2nd 2018 - 07:35 UTC
Santos convinced that Maduro's days in Venezuela are numbered, “in the near future”

Nicolas Maduro's days as president of crisis-ravaged Venezuela are numbered, his outgoing Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos told the French government news agency.“I can see it happening in the near future,” said Santos, pointing to the International Monetary Fund's latest projection that Venezuela's inflation will hit one million percent this year.
Saturday, May 26th 2018 - 09:15 UTC
Colombia's presidential election: another referendum on the peace deal?

On Sunday, Colombians will head to the polls to elect a new president. At play in this year’s election are a range of issues: Venezuelan migration, economic situation, rampant corruption, high levels of inequality, but above all is the country's historic peace accord that ended over half a century of armed conflict.
Saturday, May 26th 2018 - 08:16 UTC
Colombia invited to join OECD; third Latin American member with Mexico and Chile

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced on Friday that Colombia would be officially invited to join the group. The Paris-based economic organization was founded in 1961 and has traditionally included industrialized nations, though in recent years it has extended its membership to emerging economies.
Monday, April 16th 2018 - 07:56 UTC
Most Latin American countries cautious or critical about bombings in Syria

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau backed air strikes by the United States and its allies on Syria’s chemical weapons program but Argentina, Brazil and Peru voiced caution during a regional summit about the escalating military action.
Saturday, April 14th 2018 - 10:56 UTC
Ecuador and Colombia elite troops after Farc renegades who killed journalists and their driver

Ecuador on Friday confirmed the deaths of two journalists and their driver who had been kidnapped by renegade Colombian rebels -- and quickly launched a retaliatory military operation in the area where they were snatched.