The Colombian president credited the democratic security strategy of his predecessor Álvaro Uribe as the reason for the change. Now, said the president, “We are going to jump from democratic security to democratic prosperity to bring to the Colombian people a better future.
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos delivered remarks at an AS/COA event hours after news broke of a strike that killed a top FARC leader as well as the capture of 14 computers and 60 USB drives. “This, I am certain, is the beginning of the end of 40 years of war in Colombia," he said.
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos delivered remarks at an AS/COA event hours after news broke of a strike that killed a top FARC leader as well as the capture of 14 computers and 60 USB drives. “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.
In what President Juan Manuel Santos called “a decisive blow,” a Colombian strike this week claimed the life of the FARC’s top military leader Jorge Briceño Suárez, known as Mono Jojoy.
Against the backdrop of sustained regional growth, Chile, Colombia, and Peru moved one step closer to an integration of stock markets that could add a new dimension to their strong economic performance.
Americas Society and Council of the Americas hosted private and public programming during United Nations General Assembly week with the presidents of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago.
While Venezuela and Colombia have taken an important step in reestablishing diplomatic ties, a sustained commitment by both countries will be necessary to achieve a new era of bilateral cooperation, writes AS/COA's Jason Marczak in El Diario/La Prensa. (en español)
