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For an event that didn't happen? Colombia President wins Nobel Peace Prize - SteveG - 10-07-2016
Based on their record recently, I think it's about time the Norwegian Parliament was gently relieved of their responsibilities to award the Nobel Peace Prize. They have more misfires than a gang of bad guys on a TV Western.
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to end Latin America's longest-running conflict, an honor that came just five days after Colombian voters dealt him a stunning blow by rejecting a peace deal with left-wing rebels.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised Santos for his "resolute" attempts to stop a civil war that has killed more than 200,000 Colombians and displaced millions since the 1960s.
In a departure from its tradition of honoring both sides of a peace process, the five-member committee conspicuously left out Santos' counterpart, rebel leader Rodrigo Londono, from the honor.
"Giving the prize to Santos is not a belittlement to any of the other parties," committee chair Kaci Kullman Five told The Associated Press.
Santos, 65, dedicated the peace prize to the Colombian people.
"Especially the millions of victims that have suffered in this war that we are on the verge of ending," Santos said in an interview posted on the Nobel Foundation's Facebook page. "We are very, very close. We just need to push a bit further to persevere."
Santos and Londono — leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, better known by its Spanish acronym FARC — signed a peace deal last month to end the conflict after more than four years of negotiations in Cuba.
Re: For an event that didn't happen? Colombia President wins Nobel Peace Prize - $tevie - 10-07-2016
It appears that the Nobel Peace Prize is now awarded for Wishes And Good Intentions rather than actually accomplishing anything like peace. And yeah, yeah, I'm including Obama, happy everybody?
Re: For an event that didn't happen? Colombia President wins Nobel Peace Prize - Acer - 10-07-2016
Re: For an event that didn't happen? Colombia President wins Nobel Peace Prize - Speedy - 10-07-2016
The cease fire is holding for now.
Re: For an event that didn't happen? Colombia President wins Nobel Peace Prize - vision63 - 10-07-2016
The award should be presented to the person or organization that has made the greatest "effort" towards peace. You could slip on a banana peel, make everybody laugh and declare "my bad" for a nice lasting peace. Took no work.
Love doesn't equal what you say, what you think or what you feel. Love isn't even what you accomplish towards love. Love is one thing. Effort. How hard you try. You can fail and show a greater love in certain circumstances. If I gave you a million dollars and I have billions, that's not a greater effort than the poor guy that shares his only dollar with you.
I don't know this situation, but just sayin.