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" People in the U.K. don't imagine what it is to live in extreme poverty here in Colombia or anywhere in the so-called Third World. "
Juan Manuel Santos
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" It's in the interest of the U.S. to maintain a strong democracy in Colombia. "
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" I want total peace for Colombia. "
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" I have had extremely good relations with the United States and with both parties (Republicans and Democrats), and I hope to continue to have these good relations, which I, again repeating, do not consider to be mutually exclusive with having good relations with Venezuela or Ecuador or whichever country in South America. "
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" We in Colombia always hope for Venezuela to prosper. "
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" There is land in Colombia, fortunately, for everybody. We don't have to expropriate land from people who are cultivating that land legally. "
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