The Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, has won the Nobel peace prize for his work on a peace deal that was voted down in a referendum this week. “There is a real danger that the peace process will come to a halt and that civil war will flare up again. “The fact that a majority of the voters said no to the peace accord does not necessarily mean that the peace process is dead. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Juan Manuel Santos speaks to the press with his wife, Maria Clemencia Rodriguez, after winning the Nobel peace prize. The award of the prize to Santos comes as a surprise to many Colombians who believed his chances had been scuttled by the rejection of the peace deal.

Source: The Guardian October 07, 2016 09:18 UTC