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25 September 2010
COLOMBIA: Santos' Popularity Soars To 88% After Mono Jojoy's Death.
C.REPORTS/ President Juan Manuel Santos approval rating surged to 88% after the massive military operation that killed 'Mono Jojoy," the FARC's second in Command. Santos met with President Obama in NYC where he compared the death of Mono Jojoy to killing Osama bin Laden. "It’s as if I came here and told New Yorkers that Osama bin Laden had been struck down," Santos said about the rebel leader’s death. "This is the beginning of the end of 40 years of war in Colombia."