 On 7 October 2016, Santos akaziviswa somunhu mugamuchiri Nobel Peace Prize, nokuti ake kuedza nhaurirano rugare chibvumirano pamwe FARC-vapanduki munyika, pasinei nokukunda kwake referendamu.yakabatwa pamusoro pechibvumirano, uko mushandirapamwe wekwete unotungamirirwa nebato raUribe reDemocratic Center wakakunda. Hurumende yeColombia neFARC dzakasaina chibvumirano cherunyararo chakadzokororwa musi wa24 Mbudzi ndokuchiendesa kuCongress kuti chibvumirwe panzvimbo pekuita referendamu yechipiri. Dzimba mbiri dzedare reCongress dzakabvumidza chibvumirano cherunyararo chakadzokororwa musi wa29-30 Mbudzi 2016, zvichiratidza kupera kwehondo. Chibvumirano chacho chakaunza kupesana kwakadzama uye kupesana munyika, izvo zvinoita kuti pave nemibvunzo pamusoro pokuti chibvumirano chacho chakarurama here. Juan Manuel Santos akatumidzwa zita somumwe wavanhu vane 100 vane pesvedzero zvikurusa mumagazini yeTime. Zvisinei, Santos akasiya chigaro nechimwe chezvikamu zvakaderera zvikuru zvokubvumirwa navanhu, uye akatsiviwa nomudzidzi mutsva waUribe, Iván Duque Márquez, mutsoropodzi ane mwero wechibvumirano chorugare chaSantos neFARC-guerrilla. 