Images from Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos’ visit to KU

photo by: Nick Krug

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos listens to a question at a news conference on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, at the Lied Center pavilion in Lawrence. Santos, a 1973 graduate of KU, visited the university before a meeting with the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

photo by: Nick Krug

Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos waits to be introduced at the Dole Institute of Politics on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012.

photo by: Nick Krug

Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos, right, laughs alongside Bill Lacy, director of the Dole Institute of Politics, as Santos recounts a story Monday from his days as an undergraduate at Kansas University. Santos, a 1973 graduate of KU, was in Lawrence to receive the Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award.

photo by: Nick Krug

Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos thanks the audience after being presented with the Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012 at the Dole Institute of Politics on the campus of the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas. Santos, a 1973 graduate of KU, spoke to the audience at the Dole Institute and answered questions before a meeting with the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo

photo by: Nick Krug

Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos thanks University of Kansas chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little following his talk at the Dole Institute of Politics at KU on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012 in Lawrence, Kansas. Santos, a 1973 graduate of KU was presented with the Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award.

photo by: Nick Krug

Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos, front right, leaves the Dole Institute of Politics with his entourage after giving a talk with Dole Institute director Bill Lacy on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. Santos, a 1973 graduate of KU was presented with the Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award. Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo

photo by: Nick Krug

Francis Carr, Lawrence, stands at the windows of Lawrence Municipal Airport to watch as a Boeing 737 plane carrying colombian president Juan Manuel Santos waits to leave following his visit on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo