This Year’s Nobel Peace Prize Winner Presided Over a Failed Peace Deal! And This was His Award Money…

Posted on 09 October 2016. Tags: award, deal, failed, money, Nobel, over, peace, presided, Prize, this, winner, years

This year's Nobel Peace Prize Winner is  65-year-old Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. His claim to the award? A failed peace treaty with country's left-wing rebels called FARC guerrillas.

 

 In August, Colombian government and the FARC inked a final peace deal. But the people of Colombia rejected this deal a week ago in a referendum by a 50.2-49.8 margin. That's why this Nobel prize comes as a surprise to many. 

 

Santos, however, accepted the prize graciously on behalf of Colombian people! The region of southern Colombia has suffered terribly during the 50-year war with leftist guerrillas. The policital thinktank is now hoping that this Nobel announcement could be the spark that moves the peace process along.

 

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