Media had speculated, after the referendum results, that Santos and FARC chief Timeleon ‘Timochenko’ Jimenez were off the list of Peace Prize contenders. The Nobel committee’s decision to award this year’s Peace Prize to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos may have taken many by surprise. Media had speculated, after the referendum results, that Mr. Santos and FARC chief Timeleon ‘Timochenko’ Jimenez were off the list of Peace Prize contenders. This antagonism from political opponents of Mr. Santos was one of the reasons the accord was defeated in the referendum. In that case, Mr. Santos, as the Nobel Peace Prize winner, could also sell it better to his people and critics at home.

Source: The Hindu October 07, 2016 11:21 UTC