Juan Manuel Santos
Juan Manuel Santos
Juan Manuel Santos Calderónis the 32nd and current President of Colombia, in office since 2010. He was Minister of Defence from 2006 to 2009...
NationalityColombian
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth10 August 1951
CityBogota, Colombia
CountryColombia
Juan Manuel Santos quotes about
war drug today
Today, we must acknowledge, that war has not been won
loyalty country thinking
Uribe and I have very good relations. I owe him loyalty, I admire him, he did great things for our country, and I think that because of what he did, I can now concentrate on different issues, different from what he concentrated on.
good-friend
Good friends don't have to visit each other every day.
latin europe america
Europe would be well advised to pay more attention to Latin America. The emerging economies are the engines of the global economy. Colombia has done too little to improve its reputation in Europe.
independent one-direction oxen
Democracy is like three oxen pulling a plough. The oxen are the independent powers, but you have to walk in the same direction; otherwise, you cannot plough and that is what was happening in Colombia. One ox was walking in one direction, the other in another direction, so the democracy was not working.
strong democracy colombia
It's in the interest of the U.S. to maintain a strong democracy in Colombia.
latin animal plant
Colombia has a huge variety of plant and animal species, and we have enormous potential. Small and mid-sized companies should come to Colombia. From here, they have access to the entire Latin American market.
war years drug
Right here, in this same headquarters, 52 years ago, the Convention that gave the birth certificate to the war on drugs was approved