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runlai_jiang

Colombia's Santos wins Nobel Peace Prize in boost for troubled talks | Antigua Observer... - 0 views

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colombia santos peace prize

shared by runlai_jiang on 04 Nov 16 - No Cached
  • Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to end a 52-year-old war with Marxist guerrillas, a surprise choice and a show of support days after voters rejected a peace deal he signed with the rebels.
  • Santos has promised to revive the plan even though Colombians narrowly rejected it in a referendum on Sunday.
  • The fact that a majority of the voters said ‘No’ to the peace accord does not necessarily mean that the peace process is dead.”
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  • his makes it even more important that the parties … continue to respect the ceasefire
  • More than 220,000 people have died on the battlefield or in massacres during the conflict between leftist guerrillas, government troops and right-wing paramilitaries.
  • Santos has used his two terms in office to open negotiations with rebel leaders in four years of talks.
  • The peace accord was indeed a major achievement and, although the referendum was a setback,
  • hopefully this award will help peace builders maintain the momentum needed to keep the process moving forward,” Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Director Dan Smith said in a statement.
  • runlai_jiang on 04 Nov 16
     
    Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. He accord the rebelling guerrilla to ceasefire. Although the majority of voters said no in the referendum, President promised that they would continue the peace process. His negotiations to ceasefire helped the peace process in the future decision and also have made sure people's safety. The Nobel Peace Prize adviced us to keep solving the Colombia Peace Process.
jblackwell2

Peace Prize Seen Not Necessarily for Achievements, but Hopes - The New York Times - 0 views

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politics colombia war peace

shared by jblackwell2 on 03 Nov 16 - No Cached
  • President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, days after Colombia rejected a peace deal he pursued.
  • Then on Friday, President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia won the peace prize for his efforts to bring the country’s “civil war to an end” — only days after his country rejected the peace deal in a referendum.
  • jblackwell2 on 03 Nov 16
     
    This article talks about the Nobel Peace Prize that Santos Won/
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