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"You have to do the work, Dr. Guillermo Rivera, to make peace irreversible," said President Juan Manuel Santos.

"We have agreed that the arms handover will not end tomorrow as had been planned, but instead within 20 days," said President Santos.

The former foreign minister of Colombia and outgoing head of the Colombo American Chamber of Commerce brings 35 years of diplomatic experience to Washington.

President Santos said that the Externado University-trained lawyer will bring continuity to the regulatory and engender confidence from the markets.

While Trump reaffirmed U.S. support for Colombia, he failed to even mention the nation's peace process in his opening remarks and ramped up rhetoric for the war on drugs.

Mejía, an economist, had been serving as deputy director of DNP and joined the agency in September 2012.

Colombia's peace process and the crisis in Venezuela will be on the agenda for President Santos' first visit with President Trump.

The Data Jam 2017 challenge aimed to generate creative ways to overcome the hurdles to rural development in the country.

Restrepo has been serving in the family benefits division of the Ministry of Labor. López has yet to announce her plans for the future.

Floodwaters in Bagadó reportedly reached more than meter high, while the municipalities of Cértegui, Lloró, and Nuquí also experienced significant flooding.