Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos smiles as he addresses reporters with his wife, first lady Maria Clemencia de Santos, after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, at Narino Palace in Bogota on Oct. 7. (John Vizcaino/Reuters)Long before he was a Nobel Peace Prize winner, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos learned to play poker as a student at the University of Kansas, then went on to develop a reputation as a political gambler. [Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos awarded Nobel Peace Prize for bid to end half-century conflict]With his country’s future and his presidency on the line, Santos went all in. As a president, Santos often spoke up for the plight of Colombia’s poor, pitching the peace deal as a critical step to bridging the country’s class divisions. "It would be a pity if this ended up being the ultimate consolation prize for Santos.”

Source: Washington Post October 07, 2016 16:30 UTC