Colombia's Santos replaces defense minister
Colombia's Santos replaces defense minister
By AFP 2 HOURS AGO
President Juan Manuel Santos said his defense minister was being reassigned and replaced, as the government wades through peace talks with leftist rebels.
The outgoing minister, Juan Carlos Pinzon, who has spent four years in the post, "will be taking over as ambassador in Washington," Santos said during an address.
"The new defense minister will be Luis Carlos Villegas, the current ambassador to the United states," he added.
The president said it should be an easy transition and will be carried out in coming weeks; he did not address his motivation for the change. Some analysts however, see Pinzon as too closely aligned with army interests and hardline opponents of Colombia's insurgencies.
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