The failure to properly implement a historic peace deal in Colombia has emboldened armed groups who have destroyed large areas of forest, ex-president Juan Manuel Santos told AFP in an interview Monday.
The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize laureate was speaking at a climate conference in the northern Colombian city of Santa Marta, two days after the country's worst attack on civilians in decades.
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