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

Social housing, education, health, jobs and sustainable surroundings. Those are my priorities.

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

Ten years ago, we were seen as a virtually failed state, but today we are a vibrant democracy. You can walk safely through the streets of Bogota these days.

It's in the interest of the U.S. to maintain a strong democracy in Colombia.

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.

Democracy is like three oxen pulling a plough. The oxen are the independent powers, but you have to walk in the same direction; otherwise, you cannot plough and that is what was happening in Colombia. One ox was walking in one direction, the other in another direction, so the democracy was not working.