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.

You can't settle a 50-year conflict in 52 weeks.

In any symmetrical war in today's world, it is necessary to have regional support.

Colombia has a huge variety of plant and animal species, and we have enormous potential. Small and mid-sized companies should come to Colombia. From here, they have access to the entire Latin American market.

If we are giving judicial benefits to one part, we should give them to the other part as well.

Colombia is a different country today. The state is now present in every single corner, the drug lords are in jail or dead. So we have the means to guarantee the security of FARC politicians.

Waging war is much more popular than negotiating, because there you need to compromise.