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Luis Fernando Mejia offers a candid view of the nation's competitive challenges, the cloud of corruption that Odebrecht has created, and the future of regulations in Colombia.

Because the nation generates around two-thirds of its energy through hydropower, the required emissions cut should be less daunting for Colombia than many other countries.

Education Minister Yaneth Giha said the government wanted agreement to could both recognize teachers' "indispensable role" and remain responsible with public finances.

Funds for sanitation, water, health, and education "will bring dignified living conditions to the population," said Buenaventura Mayor Eliécer Arboleda Torres.

With Mexican pension funds now subject a 0% tax rate, Colombia's finance minister expects the incentive to "attract new resources to finance companies and projects" in the country.

"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.