Juan Manuel Santos

There is a civil war that has been raging since 1964 in Colombia, being fought between the Colombian government and their rebel groups, costing the Colombian people their homes, lives, families, embedding fear into the people, giving the people uncertainty and little hope. There has been riots, talks of peace, but also rejection of the peace, and the people of Colombia are being misinformed of the civil war that is raging right outside their doors. Firstly, Alvaro Uribe, was the president of…

The FARC had ruled a large territory around Colombia. Juan Manuel Santos began to run a campaign against FARC and to decrease their ranks. There was more than half to seven thousands of fighters in the year 2013. FARC’s has an anti-corruption group that is fighting for representations still involves some Colombians…

by four other countries- Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, and Ecuador (Infoplease). The Republic of Colombia has a republic based government with three branches similar to the United States. The Executive branch dominates the government with Juan Manuel Santos Calderon as the president. Bogota is the capital city of Colombia with 9.765 million residents World Factbook). The official currency is the Colombian Peso. In 1837 it replaced the Real which was worth one…

Colombia is a Spanish speaking nation, located to the South of Venezuela. Colombia, as of 2016, has a population of 48,481,028 people. The Official Colombian currency is the Peso. The Peso is worth a miniscule 0.051 American dollars. Colombia’s main export is petroleum, with coffee and coal not far behind. Colombia’s main imports are most mechanical, and technological products. The United States, the main trade partner of Colombia provides most of these imports. The capital of Colombia is Bogota…

The Wall Street Journal “The Schneiderman Rules,” discusses New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman endorsing the Clinton campaign by abusing his powers. He is accusing Trump of “fraud upon the people of the state of New York.” People are questioning his timing on the offense because the elections are less than a month away, so he could have waited after Nov. 9th. The author agrees that New York citizens need to be protected as Schneiderman mentions, however, the actions Schneiderman is…

Colombia Juan Manuel Santos. The ceasefire agreement comes after 52 years of civil war between the members of the rebel group and the Colombian government. The two parties agreed to a peace agreement that will go into effect on August 29, 2016. The peace deal is set to be formally signed on September 26, 2016. The signing of this peace deal is expected to have a significant impact on the country’s economy and tourism. The FARC was established in 1964 and is Colombia’s biggest rebel group. Manuel…

1. The country of Colombia is located in northern South America, nestled between Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Venezuela, and Panama. Colombia operates in a democratic society with nearly 48 million residents, while being led by President Juan Manuel Santos. Nearly 10 million individuals claim the capital of Colombia, Bogotá, as their city of residence. Historically, Colombia has been known to be a country populated with drug-related crime. As the society and economy advanced, the internal climate…

development at the center. In 5 years the committee has developed recommended pathways to end the war on drugs, produced documentaries, and educated the world through evidence based written reports. As stated in The New York Times, President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia, said in an interview. “When you do something for 40 years and it doesn’t work, you need to change it.” Foreign policy continues to prove that manufacturing, selling, distributing, purchasing, and using mind altering…

The war between the Colombian government and the Marxist inspired guerrilla groups has impacted and defined the lives of the Colombian people for over five decades. After years of negotiations, the Colombian government has reached an agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia or otherwise known as FARC. In the agreement, the FARC promises to disarm and join the political system, in return for forgiveness and amnesty for human right abusers. In October, the citizens of Colombia had…

Issue & Objective The United States primary policy issue with the Colombia is the worrying high percentages of the drug traffic and production smuggled to the U.S through the past years; as a consequence of, the Colombia status as the world’s principal cocaine-production nation. During 2000 and 2010, drug users in the United States spend on the order of $100 billion annually on cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine, but in 2000, much more money was spent on cocaine than marijuana; in…