Colombian President Juan Santos receives Nobel Prize for Peace

Colombian President Juan Santos has accepted the Nobel Peace Prize 2016 at Oslo, Norway. The Nobel Committee had selected Santos for his resolute efforts to bring the 50-year old conflict with the Revolutionary Forces of Colombia to an end by signing a peace deal with the group. The civil war had taken toll of 2,20,000 ..

Topics: Awards • Colombia • Colombian peace agreement referendum • Colombian peace process • Colombian people • Countries • Juan Manuel Santos • Nobel Peace Prize • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Santos

Colombia and FARC rebels sign revised peace deal

Colombia has signed a revised peace agreement with FARC rebel groups aimed at ending half a century of war that has killed more than 220,000 and internally displaced millions. The agreement has been reached less than two months after a plebiscite narrowly rejected the original agreement. The talks to reach the deal were taking place ..

Topics: Colombian conflict • Colombian peace process • Communism in Colombia • Conflicts • FARC • Juan Manuel Santos • Politics by country • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Terrorism • Terrorism in Brazil • Terrorism in Colombia • Terrorism in Ecuador

Colombia Government, FARC rebels sign revised Peace Agreement

Colombian Government has signed revised peace agreement with the country’s largest rebel movement, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The revised document was signed between President Juan Manual Santos and FARC leader Rodrigo Londono in Bogota, capital city of Colombia. This is the second attempt undertaken by Colombian Government to end Latin America’s longest-running conflict ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016

Topics: Civil War • Colombia • FARC • International • Juan Manuel Santos • Latin America

2016 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos

The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. He was selected for the prestigious award by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for his resolute efforts to bring the more than 50-year-long civil war of Colombia to an end. He is second Colombian to win Nobel Prize after writer Gabriel Gracia ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2016

Topics: Awards • Colombia • Juan Manuel Santos • Nobel Peace Prize • Norway • Persons in News