http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/world/americas/nobel-peace-prize-juan-manuel-santos-colombia.html 2016-10-07 11:40:09 Colombia’s President, Juan Manuel Santos, Is Awarded Nobel Peace Prize The committee recognized Mr. Santos “for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end.” === The president of Colombia was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for pursuing a deal to end 52 years of conflict, the longest-running war in the Americas — five days after the people of Colombia The decision to give the prize to President Juan Manuel Santos may revive hopes for the deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, with whom Colombia has been waging The fate of that deal was thrown into doubt by the referendum on Sunday, which also raised the possibility of a political backlash: One reason the deal came apart was that Colombians felt that FARC was getting too much praise for its willingness to put down its arms after decades of violence. For four It outlined a timetable for the rebels to abandon their arms, and it set out a pathway for former fighters to The The five-member committee is appointed by the Norwegian Parliament and led by The deadline for outside nominations was Feb. 1. Over the subsequent few months, the committee assembled a shortlist and consulted Norwegian scholars who serve as advisers, before making its choice in the last few weeks. The laureate will receive the prize on Dec. 10, the anniversary of the death of The prize amount this year is 8 million Swedish kronor, or about $930,000. Until Friday, 96 Nobel Peace Prizes Although speculation about possible laureates is common, the committee ■ Yoshinori Ohsumi, a Japanese cell biologist, ■ David J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz ■ Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa The National Dialogue Quartet of Tunisia, a coalition of labor union leaders, businesspeople, lawyers and human rights activists, were Two more awards will be announced in the coming days: ■ The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science will be announced on Monday in Sweden. Read about ■ The Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced on Thursday in Sweden. Read about