The risk-taking Colombian president who lost a peace vote but won a Peace Prize

Long before he was a Nobel Peace Prize winner, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos learned to play poker as a student at the University of Kansas, then went on to develop a reputation as a political gambler. His six-year push to secure a peace treaty with Colombia’s FARC rebels at times resembled a high-stakes game […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/10/07/the-risk-taking-colombian-president-who-lost-a-peace-vote-but-won-a-peace-prize/