My generation has not seen one single day of peace, and my dream is for my children and the children of all Colombians to have the change to see it. I hope the guerrilla understands that the time has come to leave this 50-year confrontation behind; that the time has come to change from bullets to votes, from weapons to argumentations; that the time has come for them to continue their struggle, but within democracy.

I would never accept general impunity for the guerrillas!

Colombia is applauded for the efforts that we continue to make to combat drug trafficking.

The Colombian economy is very strong. We have one of the highest rates of growth in Latin America.

If you analyze the production of coca in Colombia, you will realize that it is like economic cycles. It goes up and down, it goes up and down depending on the circumstances.

The rebels will be thinking about retaliation, what we have to do is stop; stop and transform it into a spiral of forgiveness and reconciliation.

I have the complete support of the military. I personally served in the navy.