Colombian Politics Quotes

I continue with the illusion of serving Colombia. Only God knows if it were to be from the presidency.

Pablo wanted to be loved and accepted. He wanted to destroy the elite he despised so much, but he also wanted to be the president of Colombia.

I've been following what's happening in Colombia because it's the country of my childhood.

I remember in 2000, when President Clinton came to Cartagena just before Plan Colombia started, the country was on the verge of becoming a failed state. Today, we are one of the most solid democracies, where institutions are working, where the scandals such as false positives have come to light because of those functioning institutions.

The thing about Pablo is that he wasn't happy with what he had - just being the sixth richest man in the world. He wanted to be loved. He wanted to be accepted. He wanted to be President of Colombia; he wanted his kids to go to the same school as the Colombian elite. But he wouldn't be accepted by the elite.

Reconciliation is a national decision that has to be debated and a consensus made among Colombians.

We have had this happen in the past, right in Colombia: there were amnesties for everybody, guerrilla members were elected mayors, senators. Today there are senators who are - who were previously guerrillas.

I called my party the Green Oxygen party because Colombians were choking.

Colombians do not like the FARC. In fact, 95 percent reject the FARC.