--- title: World Reacts To Nobel Peace Prize Winner Juan Manuel Santos description: The much-anticipated announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize took place on Friday, and the internet was quick to react. canonical: https://time.com/4522656/nobel-peace-prize-juan-manuel-santos-reactions/ author: Suyin Haynes article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-07T16:13:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:25.184Z og:title: The World Reacts to Juan Manuel Santos Winning the Nobel Peace Prize og:description: Many offered congratulations, as well as surprise, at news of the winner og:url: https://time.com/4522656/nobel-peace-prize-juan-manuel-santos-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3f0a0a925f01b9f/6988a917a988ca274d6b9ae8/gettyimages-611956210.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2500 og:image:height: 1406 og:image:alt: COLOMBIA-REFERENDUM-VOTE-SANTOS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The World Reacts to Juan Manuel Santos Winning the Nobel Peace Prize twitter:description: Many offered congratulations, as well as surprise, at news of the winner twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3f0a0a925f01b9f/6988a917a988ca274d6b9ae8/gettyimages-611956210.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The World Reacts to Juan Manuel Santos Winning the Nobel Peace Prize > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Oct 7, 2016 4:13 PM UTC  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos waves after casting his vote during a referendum on whether to ratify a historic peace accord to end a 52-year war between the state and the communist FARC rebels, in Bogota on October 2, 2016. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos waves after casting his vote during a referendum on whether to ratify a historic peace accord to end a 52-year war between the state and the communist FARC rebels, in Bogota on October 2, 2016. GUILLERMO LEGARIA—AFP/Getty Images by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Oct 7, 2016 4:13 PM UTC The much-anticipated announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize took place on Friday, and the internet was quick to react. The recipient of the [Prize was announced](http://time.com/4522555/colombian-president-juan-manuel-santos-wins-the-nobel-peace-prize/?xid=homepage) as Colombian President [Juan Manuel Santos](http://time.com/4522564/nobel-peace-prize-juan-manuel-santos/?iid=sr-link1), sparking delight from some and disappointment from others. Santos was [commended](http://time.com/4522568/juan-manuel-santos-nobel-committee-peace-prize/?iid=sr-link1) “for his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end,” in reference to the Colombian peace deal that was negotiated with the FARC guerrilla movement. However, after Colombia voted to [reject the deal](http://time.com/4516337/colombians-reject-peace-deal/?iid=sr-link7) in a referendum on Oct. 2, Santos was seen as an unlikely choice to win. The leader of FARC, Rodrigo Londoño, who negotiated the peace deal along with Santos, was among many to congratulate the president after news broke of his win. > [](https://twitter.com/Timochenko%5FFARC/status/784373846837035008) > [](https://twitter.com/JimYongKim/status/784388624758480896) > [](https://twitter.com/JeffDSachs/status/784351273395032064) Some commentators expressed their surprise given the shock referendum result that took place this week in Colombia. > [](https://twitter.com/flashboy/status/784318809238667264) > [](https://twitter.com/felixsalmon/status/784373844626796544) There was some disappointment on social media that the Syrian Civil Defense, better known as the [White Helmets](http://time.com/syria-white-helmets/?iid=sr-link1), did not win the prize. > [](https://twitter.com/marklowen/status/784318448599834624) > [](https://twitter.com/Mahmoud%5FBashaa/status/784320624877371393) > [](https://twitter.com/ghoshworld/status/784318304835936256) But the group and its members graciously tweeted their own congratulations. > [](https://twitter.com/995Khaled/status/784331124843524096) > [](https://twitter.com/SyriaCivilDef/status/784323150137860097) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4522656/nobel-peace-prize-juan-manuel-santos-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4522656/nobel-peace-prize-juan-manuel-santos-reactions/"},"headline":"The World Reacts to Juan Manuel Santos Winning the Nobel Peace Prize","datePublished":"2016-10-07T16:13:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:25.184Z","description":"Many offered congratulations, as well as surprise, at news of the winner","url":"https://time.com/4522656/nobel-peace-prize-juan-manuel-santos-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Colombia","Nobel Peace Prize"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3f0a0a925f01b9f/6988a917a988ca274d6b9ae8/gettyimages-611956210.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Suyin Haynes","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3f0a0a925f01b9f/6988a917a988ca274d6b9ae8/gettyimages-611956210.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"COLOMBIA-REFERENDUM-VOTE-SANTOS","caption":"COLOMBIA-REFERENDUM-VOTE-SANTOS","creditText":"GUILLERMO LEGARIA—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4522656/nobel-peace-prize-juan-manuel-santos-reactions/","name":"The World Reacts to Juan Manuel Santos Winning the Nobel Peace Prize"}}]}] ```