Ten years ago, we were seen as a virtually failed state, but today we are a vibrant democracy. You can walk safely through the streets of Bogota these days.

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• Juan Manuel Santos:

  Good friends don't have to visit each other every day.

• Juan Manuel Santos:

  It's in the interest of the U.S. to maintain a strong democracy in Colombia.

• Juan Manuel Santos:

  I remember in 2000, when President Clinton came to Cartagena just before Plan Colombia started, the

• Juan Manuel Santos:

  Uribe and I have very good relations. I owe him loyalty, I admire him, he did great things for our

• Juan Manuel Santos:

  Democracy is like three oxen pulling a plough. The oxen are the independent powers, but you have to

• Juan Manuel Santos:

  There is land in Colombia, fortunately, for everybody. We don't have to expropriate land from peopl

• Juan Manuel Santos:

  There is a lot of inequality in Colombia. We have to correct that.

• Juan Manuel Santos:

  I want total peace for Colombia.

• Juan Manuel Santos:

  We in Colombia always hope for Venezuela to prosper.

• Juan Manuel Santos:

  During the Cold War, tensions between the West and the Soviet Union affected virtually all countrie