Bogotá, August 8 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was sworn in for a second four-year term in Bogotá on Thursday.

At the ceremony, the president said, "I firmly believe that Colombia should establish a goal in which we can all compromise. What would it be? To be a country in total peace by 2025, a country with more equity and the most educated in Latin America."

The president, in his speech, reiterated that he would seek to end the 50-year-long internal armed conflict.

In terms of education, he revealed his goal to make Colombia the most educated country in Latin America by 2025.

More than 500 dignitaries attended the ceremony, including Latin American leaders, diplomats and Spain's former King Juan Carlos, who abdicated the throne to his son in June.

Santos, who first took office in 2010, won a presidential runoff on June 15th.