Cabinet reshuffle in Colombia
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Colombian farmworkers stop a truck as they block the Bogota-Tunja highway, in Ventaquemada, Colombia, on August 20, 2013, to push their demands for aid to compensate for cheaper imports from the US under a free trade accord. Faced with social unrest and with only a few weeks left in which to decided whether to run for another term, President Juan Manuel Santos has reshuffled his cabinet. (AFP)
Faced with social unrest and with only a few weeks left in which to decided whether to run for another term, Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos has reshuffled his cabinet.
Of 16 cabinet members Santos replaced five -- Interior, Justice, Agriculture, Mines and Energy, and Environment.
He said this new cabinet was determined to achieve peace with leftist FARC rebels, with whom the government is negotiating in Cuba.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Santos is facing unrest from farmers seeking aid to compensate for new cheaper imports from the US under a free trade accord.
Truckers are also disgruntled over fuel prices.
The president's disapproval rating stands at 72 percent, says a Gallup poll.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Santos has to decide by November if he wants to stand for a second term in office.
He runs a broad center right alliance and has ruled since 2010.