Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Colombia’s President for Efforts to End County’s Civil War In honoring Juan Manuel Santos, Nobel committee also pays tribute to the people of the South American nation
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos speaks during a Reuters Newsmaker conversation in - Manhattan on Sept. 21, 2016.ENLARGE
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos speaks during a Reuters Newsmaker conversation in Manhattan on Sept. 21, 2016. PHOTO:REUTERS By DAVID GAUTHIER-VILLARS Updated Oct. 7, 2016 9:30 a.m. ET 71 COMMENTS
OSLO—Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has won the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end a five-decade-long civil war in his country that has left more than 220,000 people dead and forced millions of poor farmers off their land.
In awarding the prize to the 65-year-old Mr. Santos, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said it also wished to send a message of support to the Colombian people, days after they rejected a proposed pact between the government and Marxist rebels to end the conflict in the South American nation.
“We encourage you to go on,” said Kaci Kullmann Five, head of the committee.
Mr. Santos’s government reached a peace accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, this summer.
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