You Can't Settle A 50-year Conflict In

The Colombian Economy Is Very Strong. We Have One Of The Highest Rates Of Growth In Latin America.

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

Right Here, In This Same Headquarters, 52 Years Ago, The Convention That Gave The Birth Certificate To The War On Drugs Was Approved.

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.