Colombian - Politician | August 10, 1951 -
I think that we are trying to move towards the First World slowly but surely. But we must do a good job for the people left way behind. That's why extreme poverty, for us, is a priority.
Juan Manuel Santos
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My ideal - and here, the sky is the limit - is to attract foreign investment via concessions.
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That has been the concept to my life - setting very high objectives and trying to fulfil them.
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If you go around Colombia or Latin America, without doubt you will find that 80 per cent of the time, you're discussing the past and only 20 per cent about the future.
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Corruption is one of the high priorities of my agenda.
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That's what peace processes are about - changing bullets for votes.
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No one has hit the FARC harder than I. But all wars have to end at some point, and that requires a negotiated solution.
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That is why every military officer fights - so that there may be peace.
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You will never hear me denigrating other countries.
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