Colombia has a big market that is growing because we are elevating people out of poverty and into the middle class. — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
It's in the interest of the U.S. to maintain a strong democracy in Colombia. — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
There is a lot of inequality in Colombia. We have to correct that. — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
Colombia is applauded for the efforts that we continue to make to combat drug trafficking. — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We have had this happen in the past, right in Colombia: there were amnesties for everybody, guerrilla members were elected mayors, senators.… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
People in the U.K. don't imagine what it is to live in extreme poverty here in Colombia or anywhere in the so-called… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
We must rebuild Colombia, starting with ourselves, our hearts, put resentment aside, put hatred aside, put envy aside. The only thing that… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
If you analyze the production of coca in Colombia, you will realize that it is like economic cycles. It goes up and… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
For decades, Colombia has been accused of being the world's principal provider of cocaine. If this comes to an end, it would… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
Colombia has a huge variety of plant and animal species, and we have enormous potential. Small and mid-sized companies should come to… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
If you go around Colombia or Latin America, without doubt you will find that 80 per cent of the time, you're discussing… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
A Colombia without coca and without conflict was an impossible dream just a few years or decades ago, and today I can… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
It was shameful that, after Haiti, Colombia was the second most unequal country in Latin America. But we've achieved some things; the… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
Democracy is like three oxen pulling a plough. The oxen are the independent powers, but you have to walk in the same… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
I remember in 2000, when President Clinton came to Cartagena just before Plan Colombia started, the country was on the verge of… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
For many years, they said the drug lords in Colombia were unbeatable, but all the same, we've eliminated all the big capos… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
Colombia is a different country today. The state is now present in every single corner, the drug lords are in jail or… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
I've not lived one single day of peace in Colombia, and 90 percent of people here say the same thing. We have… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
Europe would be well advised to pay more attention to Latin America. The emerging economies are the engines of the global economy.… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share Image
It was shameful that, after Haiti, Colombia was the second most unequal country in Latin America. But we've achieved some things; the inequality is… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share
I have had extremely good relations with the United States and with both parties (Republicans and Democrats), and I hope to continue to have… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share
The notion that you do not negotiate with terrorists is not the history of humanity or of the world. — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share
The rebels will be thinking about retaliation, what we have to do is stop; stop and transform it into a spiral of forgiveness and… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share
During the Cold War, tensions between the West and the Soviet Union affected virtually all countries worldwide. As a result, throughout Latin America, guerrilla… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share
I have the complete support of the military. I personally served in the navy. — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share
It's in the interest of the U.S. to maintain a strong democracy in Colombia. — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share
Colombia is a different country today. The state is now present in every single corner, the drug lords are in jail or dead. So… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share
A Colombia without coca and without conflict was an impossible dream just a few years or decades ago, and today I can tell you… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share
Anybody who doesn't see the impact of climate change is really, I would say, myopic. They don't see the reality. It's so evident that… — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share
That has been the concept to my life - setting very high objectives and trying to fulfil them. — Juan Manuel Santos Copy Share
