Colombia’s president seeks peace deal in 2nd term

Published August 7, 2014 10:33pm ET



BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — President Juan Manuel Santos took the oath for his second term Thursday and promised to redouble his efforts to end Colombia’s half-century war amid a renewed wave of rebel violence that has put peace talks at risk.

Santos, a 62-year-old economist, narrowly defeated a conservative challenger to win another four-year term by framing their June runoff as a choice between war and peace.

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