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Juan Manuel Santos discusses Colombia's peace process and environmental leadership, sharing lessons learned from ending a 60-year conflict.

What can Colombia teach us about what's still possible? Meet Juan Manuel Santos - former President of Colombia, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Chair of The Elders - who helped negotiate an end to one of the longest-running armed conflicts in modern history. Under his leadership, Colombia signed a peace agreement with FARC, bringing an end to a conflict that had shaped the country for over 60 years. But this conversation isn't just about ending a war. We also explore Colombia's environmental leadership - from Indigenous wisdom in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta to the idea that there can be no lasting peace among people without peace with nature. Along the way, President Santos explains how Colombia helped inspire the Sustainable Development Goals, why cooperation remains humanity's greatest challenge, and what lessons the world can learn from a country that many once considered beyond repair. In this episode: How post-apartheid South Africa helped shape his vision for peace Why peace is often unpopular - and why he pursued it anyway The difference between making peace and building it How victims became central to Colombia's peace process The role of Colombia in creating the…

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