Juan Manuel Santos

thumb|Juan Manuel Santos in 2018 Juan Manuel Santos (born 10 August 1951) is a Colombian politician. He was the 32nd President of Colombia 2010–2018 and recipient of Nobel Peace Prize in 2016. Quotes This (extrajudicial killings of thousands of people committed by Military Forces of Colombia partly during Santo's term as defensee minister) should never have happened. I recognize that and ask forgiveness from all the mothers and their families, victims of this horror, from the depths of my soul. Juan Manuel Santos (2021) cited in: "Former Colombia leader asks pardon for army killings of civilians" in Aljazeera, 11 June 2021. There will be no base in Colombia. That has already been ruled out. It has been ruled out by the United States, and it has been ruled out by us. Response regarding the possibility of stationing United States troops at Colombian military bases, in light of the withdrawal of U.S. military personnel from the anti-drug base in Manta, Ecuador. 2008. For those who dislike—or find cruel—a good bullfight or a good cockfight, the solution is very simple: don't go. But what would the Cali Fair be without bullfights, or the Vallenato Festival without cockfights? And for heaven's sake, let's stop legislating as if we lived in Denmark. As has rightly been said, the approval of the constitutional reform allowing for the immediate re-election of the President radically changes the political landscape. The first thing to acknowledge is that those of us who opposed re-election lost in a fair contest. There is no point in tearing our garments or weeping; in democracy, as in life, one must know how to lose. El Tiempo, 5 de diciembre de 2004 External links Category:1950 births Category:Living people Category:Heads of government Category:Heads of state Category:Academics from Colombia Category:Nobel Peace Prize laureates Category:Nobel laureates from Colombia Category:People from Bogotá Category:The Elders