Video: Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia
Video: Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos delivered remarks hours after news broke of a strike that killed a top FARC leader. “This, I am certain, is the beginning of the end of 40 years of war in Colombia," he said. Watch the video.
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos addressed the Americas Society and Council of the Americas on September 23, hours after news broke that a Colombian military attack had resulted in the death of Jorge Briceño Suárez—better known as Mono Jojoy—one of the leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forced of Colombia (FARC). “What happened back home in Colombia with this military success we had 24 hours ago really is something that is going to change our history,” he said. He compared sharing the news of Jojoy's death to telling New Yorkers that "Osama bin Laden had been struck down."
- Read a summary of the president's remarks.
- Access the transcript.
- Listen to a podcast of his remarks.
