I remember in 2000, when President Clinton came to Cartagena just before Plan Colombia started, the country was on the verge of becoming a failed state. Today, we are one of the most solid democracies, where institutions are working, where the scandals such as false positives have come to light because of those functioning institutions.

A Colombia without coca and without conflict was an impossible dream just a few years or decades ago, and today I can tell you it is a real possibility. Just imagine it. We have already begun discussion of the last two substantive points: victims and the end of the conflict.

Colombians do not like the FARC. In fact, 95 percent reject the FARC.

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

Right here, in this same headquarters, 52 years ago, the Convention that gave the birth certificate to the war on drugs was approved.

The fight against drug trafficking by the Colombian government has been present, and the Americans themselves are the first to recognize that.

A perfect peace is not possible; it doesn't exist.