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Colombia: President, a U.S. Ally, Seeks Another Term Colombia: President, a U.S. Ally, Seeks Another Term
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President Juan Manuel Santos announced Wednesday that he would run for re-election, saying that he wanted to finish the work he started in seeking a peace deal with the country’s largest rebel group. “When you see the light at the end of the tunnel you don’t go backwards,” Mr. Santos, one of the closest allies of the United States in Latin America, said on television. “We will finish the job.” The negotiations with the rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, have advanced slowly, and there are still significant obstacles to an agreement to end the nearly 50-year-old conflict President Juan Manuel Santos announced Wednesday that he would run for re-election, saying that he wanted to finish the work he started in seeking a peace deal with the country’s largest rebel group. “When you see the light at the end of the tunnel you don’t go backwards,” Mr. Santos, one of the closest allies of the United States in Latin America, said on television. “We will finish the job.” The negotiations with the rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, have advanced slowly, and there are still significant obstacles to an agreement to end the nearly 50-year-old conflict.