Peace Deal Will Help Colombia Battle Cocaine, President Says

Colombia's peace deal with Marxist rebels will help the country battle the cocaine trade, President Juan Manuel Santos said on the eve of collecting a Nobel Peace Prize that he called a "gift from heaven.” In Oslo for Saturday's award ceremony, Santos said the end of a five-decade-long guerrilla conflict in which 220,000 people died could have widespread economic and environmental benefits. "It came like a gift from heaven because it gave us a tremendous push,"...

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