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Juan Manuel Santos

Simply to have peace brings huge investment.

– Juan Manuel Santos

Juan Manuel Santos

Protectionism is something that will hurt everybody, but especially the United States.

– Juan Manuel Santos

Juan Manuel Santos

There have been many examples in the world of people doing crazy things because they want to keep war going.

– Juan Manuel Santos

Juan Manuel Santos

When I was defense minister, I was very popular, and now that I’m president, I’m unpopular because I’m trying to make peace. It’s much easier to make war and get trophies.

– Juan Manuel Santos

Juan Manuel Santos

During the Cold War, tensions between the West and the Soviet Union affected virtually all countries worldwide. As a result, throughout Latin America, guerrilla groups emerged, seeking to destabilize military dictatorships and attain democracy, freedom, and policy reform – goals that they believed could not be achieved peacefully.

– Juan Manuel Santos

Juan Manuel Santos

We in Colombia always hope for Venezuela to prosper.

– Juan Manuel Santos

Juan Manuel Santos

There is a lot of inequality in Colombia. We have to correct that.

– Juan Manuel Santos

Juan Manuel Santos

There is land in Colombia, fortunately, for everybody. We don’t have to expropriate land from people who are cultivating that land legally.

– Juan Manuel Santos

Juan Manuel Santos

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.

– Juan Manuel Santos

Juan Manuel Santos

Uribe and I have very good relations. I owe him loyalty, I admire him, he did great things for our country, and I think that because of what he did, I can now concentrate on different issues, different from what he concentrated on.

– Juan Manuel Santos

Juan Manuel Santos

I remember in 2000, when President Clinton came to Cartagena just before Plan Colombia started, the country was on the verge of becoming a failed state. Today, we are one of the most solid democracies, where institutions are working, where the scandals such as false positives have come to light because of those functioning institutions.

– Juan Manuel Santos

Juan Manuel Santos

It’s in the interest of the U.S. to maintain a strong democracy in Colombia.

– Juan Manuel Santos

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