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Departing Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos grants 2-year citizenship rights to over 440,000 displaced Venezuelans living in Colombia, giving them certainty in access to medical and financial aid.
2018-08-2

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos extends his ceasefire with the FARC rebels through the end of the year.
2016-10-13

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos signs a decree fully legalizing medical marijuana. Growers must apply to the National Narcotics Council for a license. Earlier, Colombia decriminalized personal possession of up to 20 grams.
2015-12-22

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announces a new anti-drug plan involving the substitution of legal crops for coca plantations. In July, the National Narcotics Council suspended the United States-backed aerial spraying of the crop after the World Health Organization reclassified glyphosate, the herbicide used, as a probable carcinogen.
2015-09-22

Juan Manuel Santos is sworn in for a second term as President of Colombia.
2014-08-8

Voters in Colombia go to the polls for a presidential election, pitting incumbent Juan Manuel Santos against Óscar Iván Zuluaga. Santos is reelected with 51% of the vote.
2014-06-15

President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos announces the death of Pedro Guerrero, one of the country's most wanted men who was killed in a gunbattle with police while he celebrated Christmas.
2010-12-29

President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos declares a state of emergency in Colombia after ongoing floods and landslides kill at least 136 people and the flooding spreads to the capital, Bogotá.
2010-11-18

President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos describes the killing of Mono Jojoy as the "beginning of the end" for the Farc organization.
2010-09-27

Juan Manuel Santos wins convincingly in the final round of the Colombian presidential election.
2010-06-21