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“Without quality, basic education it would be very difficult for a country to reach other goals,” says Vicky Colbert, the pioneer of Escuela Nueva.

If you add up all of of the guerrilla group's criminal activities, the FARC could have earned some $580 million USD in 2015.

The London-based organization credited Santos for leading "one of the biggest successes in brokering peace in modern history.”

While the ceasefire is temporary, through January 9, President Santos hopes it can be renewed and become "the first step to achieve peace" with the ELN.

With 11,000 victims since 1990, Colombia is one of the most "mine-affected" countries in the world.

The perception of security in Colombia is better than the three other largest countries in Latin America: Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina.

While the $450 million USD pledged by Obama has been approved, doubt remains as to whether the same level of assistance will keep arriving over the long term.

The project in Tenjo will be a pilot project that uses polyurethane materials made by Dow in PVC panels that will form the structure's walls.

This time, Santos will send the agreement to Congress for ratification and skip the public vote.

"This agreement — renewed, adjusted, specified, and clarified — must unite us, not divide us," said President Juan Manuel Santos.