Juan Manuel Santos

According to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos this raid became the largest ever seizure in Colombia's history. Reports state that the cocaine was located in the north-western Antioquia province, in four banana plantations near the country's border with Panama. Police reported that the drugs ...

The scandal over Kuuczynski's alleged bribery of Congress is similar to those that have rocked the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos and his predecessor Alvaro Uribe. Colombia's congress blocked legislation regarding an ongoing peace process last year, reportedly in an attempt to force ...

Four major oil multinationals, ConocoPhillips, Parex Resources, ExxonMobil, and Drummond, have all won tenders for fracking in Colombia and now await the final blessing from President Juan Manuel Santos. Juan Carlos Echeverry, former head of Colombia's largest and primary oil company Ecopetrol, ...

On one side, the Juan Manuel Santos' right wing government approach has been characterised as a “pax neoliberal”, aiming to enforce authoritarian, corporate, market-led policies under the guise of peace negotiations. On the other side, the view of social movements is grounded in recognition of and ...

Analysts and officials say traffic on those trails has increased in the weeks since Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced stricter enforcement at official border crossings, an effort to stem migration from Venezuela. Colombia doesn't recognise the Venezuelan migrants as refugees, but the UN's ...

BOGOTA: Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos ordered the resumption of peace talks with ELN rebels Monday, aiming to conclude an historic deal before leaving office in August, despite election gains for hardliners who reject his policies. Santos redoubled his commitment to the talks despite his ...

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2018 file photo, Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos addresses the media after talks with Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen at the Hofburg palace in Vienna, Austria. Santos said on Monday, March 12, 2018 that he's resuming peace talks with his nation's last remaining ...

The president will also visit Colombia and meet with President Juan Manuel Santos, the White House said in a statement. “This travel demonstrates the president's resolve to deepen our historical ties with our partners in the region and to strengthen our joint commitment to improve security and prosperity for ...

Back in September 2016, at the 71st United Nations General Assembly, Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos triumphantly announced "the end of war in Colombia". Since 2012, Santos' government had been negotiating with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), an armed ...