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Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian president and KU graduate, wins Nobel Peace Prize

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The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize winner leads Colombia, negotiated a historic peace deal with guerrilla rebels — and graduated from the University of Kansas.

Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to end Latin America’s longest-running conflict, an honor that came just five days after Colombian voters dealt the president a stunning blow by rejecting a peace deal with left-wing rebels.


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