Juan Manuel Santos

• Colombia declares FARC war over as last container of weapons is removed

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was present as the last weapons of the FARC rebel group were sealed in containers and taken away by the United Nations.

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  Aug 16, 2017
  
• Colombian FARC rebels have handed over almost all weapons: UN

  Leftist rebels in Colombia have turned over almost all of their fighters' individual weapons as part of a historic peace deal reached with the government last year to end a half century of conflict, the United Nations said Monday.

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  Jun 27, 2017
  
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• Colombia president accepts Nobel Prize for his ‘impossible dream’ of peace deal

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, saying it helped make possible the "impossible dream" of ending his country's half-century-long civil war.

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  Dec 10, 2016
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• Colombia, FARC rebels sign revised peace agreement

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos signed a revised peace agreement with FARC rebels, making a second attempt within months to end a half century of hostilities.

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  Nov 24, 2016
• Colombian president wins Nobel Peace Prize for ending 50-year war

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has been selected as this year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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  Oct 7, 2016
• FARC sets permanent cease-fire deal with Colombian government

  The commander of FARC said Sunday its fighters will permanently cease hostilities with the government beginning with the first minute of Monday.

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  Aug 28, 2016
• Colombia says 3,177 pregnant women with Zika; no microcephaly

  Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday that there's no evidence Zika has caused any cases of the birth defect known as microcephaly in his country, though it has diagnosed 3,177 pregnant women with the virus.

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  Feb 6, 2016
• Santos re-elected Colombia’s president after tight, bitter campaign

  Juan Manuel Santos convincingly won re-election Sunday after Colombia's tightest presidential contest in years. Santos defeated right-wing challenger Oscar Ivan Zuluaga.

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  Jun 15, 2014