Colombia has a big market that is growing because we are elevating people out of poverty and into the middle class.

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.

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

When you have another person take part in the interview, you must notify the interviewee.

At this moment, I don't think people would back the old-fashioned Marxist-Leninist ideas of FARC. But I do hope that the rebels will continue to pursue their agenda by legal means and not through violence.

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

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