I Would Never Accept General Impunity For

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 Remember In 2000, When President Clinton Came To Cartagena Just Before Plan Colombia Started, The Country Was On The Verge Of Becoming A Failed State. Today, We Are One Of The Most Solid Democracies, Where Institutions Are Working, Where The Scandals Such As False Positives Have Come To Light Because Of Those Functioning Institutions.

Colombia Has A Big Market That Is Growing Because We Are Elevating People Out Of Poverty And Into The Middle Class.

I've Not Lived One Single Day Of Peace In Colombia, And 90 Percent Of People Here Say The Same Thing. We Have Gotten Used To Living In A War - We Don't Even React To Massacres.

For Decades, Colombia Has Been Accused Of Being The World's Principal Provider Of Cocaine. If This Comes To An End, It Would Be A Dramatic Change For Our Country - Which Has Been Suffering More Than Any Other From The Consequences Of Drug-trafficking.