A No Holds Barred Interview with Francisco Santos, Colombia’s Former Vice President & Ambassador to the US

In this Finance Colombia exclusive, Francisco “Pacho” Santos sits down for an in-depth interview with Loren Moss to discuss current events in Colombia. Santos is the former vice president of Colombia under Alvaro Uribe, and former Ambassador to the United States during the Ivan Duque administration.

Santos is equally outspoken and fluent in English as he is in Spanish, and shares his opinion on:

• Petro’s frustration, improvisation and his stalled reforms
• Colombia’s new Attorney General Luz Adriana Camargo
• Weaknesses in Colombia’s prosecutorial structure
• Gustavo Petro’s “Paz Total” or “Total Peace” initiative
• Santos’ time as a victim of kidnapping and how it shaped his politics
• The state of the Colombia – US bilateral relationship
• The surging cocaine production in Colombia
• A critique of both Biden & Trump
• The failure of US domestic drug policy
• Colombia’s health system & Petro’s proposed health reform
• The governance crisis at Ecopetrol
• The Thomas Greg passport scandal in the foreign ministry
• Fiscal discipline and institutionality in the current administration
• The former Vice President’s future projects