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BOGOTA, Colombia - Juan Manuel Santos, sworn in Saturday as Colombia's 59th president, vowed to cement security gains but declared himself open to dialogue with rebels in hopes of ending the Western Hemisphere's only armed conflict.
BOGOTA, Colombia - Juan Manuel Santos was sworn in Saturday as the 59th president of Colombia, which despite major security gains remains the Western Hemisphere's only nation beset by a politically based armed conflict.
BOGOTA - Conservative Juan Manuel Santos took office Saturday as Colombia's new president, to succeed his former boss Alvaro Uribe with a four-year mandate.
BOGOTA, Colombia - Juan Manuel Santos has been sworn in as the 59th president of Colombia - the Western Hemisphere's only nation beset by an armed conflict.
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez severed Venezuela's diplomatic relations with Colombia on Thursday over claims he harbors guerrillas, and he charged that his neighbor's leader could attempt to provoke a war.
