The former president of Colombia and his wife María Clemencia Rodríguez were at the Apostolic Palace on Friday February 24. (Memory, Peace and Reconciliation Center)

Former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos thanked dad francisco their contributions to the peace agreement signed in 2016 with the now defunct FARC guerrillas.

Pope Francis (right) greets Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos before a meeting on January 16, 2016 at the Vatican. / AFP PHOTO / SWIMMING POOL / VINCENZO PINTO

Former President Juan Manuel Santos will meet Pope Francis

During the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016, he will thank the highest representative of the Catholic Church for his interventions related to the peace agreement signed with the Farc

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The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and his wife María Clemencia Rodríguez de Santos were received by Pope Francis at the Apostolic Palace Friday, February 24, 2023.

Despite the fact that the audience between the pontiff and the former president of Colombia was held in private, without even the presence of photographers or cameramen, it was learned that one of the topics of conversation was the agreement of peace.

Senator Roy Barreras has launched his party 'La Fuerza de la Paz' with which he hopes to compete in the regional elections in October. Credit: @LaFuerzaDLaPaz / Twitter

Juan Manuel Santos and his support for the new political party of Roy Barreras: “I will never stop fighting for peace”

The President of the Senate thanked his former colleagues in the Santos government and assured that he accompanies the legacy of peace left by the former President

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