Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (; born August 10, 1951) is a Colombian politician who has been the President of Colombia since 7 August 2010. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Trade, Minister of Finance, and Minister of National Defense.
Read More at Wikipedia ›A French journalist freed by leftist rebels Wednesday said he had no complaints about his captivity other than its 33-day duration and lamented that Colombia's war is an "invisible conflict" where the poor kill the poor.
Romeo Langlois said he was not embittered, but he criticized the rebels for using his capture for propaganda purposes. They freed him on their movement's 48th anniversary on a specially built stage, hanging pro-peace banners in this remote southern hamlet and organizing a barbecue.But the rebels and the roughly 2,000 people they convened for the handover to a humanitarian commission coordinated by the International Red Cross applauded vigorously when Langlois said he appreciated how the guerrillas "live in the mud and risk their lives.""They never tied me up," Langlois, 35, said of his Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia captors. "Rather, they always treated me as a guest. They gave me good food ... They were always respectful."Langlos looked relaxed and smiled, appe...Colombia's main rebel group says it is holding a French journalist who has been missing since disappearing a week ago while covering combat.The ruling secretariat of...
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A bomb targeting a hardline former interior minister killed two of his bodyguards and injured at least 39 people in Bogota's uptown commercial district Tuesday in th...
A bomb targeting a hardline former Colombian interior minister killed two of his bodyguards and injured at least 31 others in the heart of Bogota's uptown commercial...
Colombia's main rebel group says it is holding a French journalist who has been missing since disappearing a week ago while covering combat.The ruling secretariat of...
Colombia's main rebel group said Sunday that it is holding a French journalist missing since disappearing a week ago during combat.The ruling secretariat of the Revo...