I say this as the president of the country which has suffered more deaths, more blood and more sacrifices in this war.

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

No one, no one has hit the FARC harder than I have.

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.

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

Uribe and I have very good relations. I owe him loyalty, I admire him, he did great things for our country, and I think that because of what he did, I can now concentrate on different issues, different from what he concentrated on.

I want to see Colombian youth become the best-educated in Latin America by 2025.