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Friday, October 7, 2016

Colombia's Juan Manuel Santos: 2016 Nobel Peace Prize Awardee


Today the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced its choice of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his efforts to negotiate with the FARC rebels an end to Colombia’s fifty-year civil war that caused the deaths of over 220,000 and the displacement of six million of its citizens. Despite the Colombian citizens’ rejection of the peace agreement last Sunday President Santos is committed to bring Colombians into dialogue to forge an amended agreement that will bring peace and reconciliation. 

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