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Vol. 39 No. 2 (2019)

Colombia in 2018: between the failure of peace and the beginning of programmatic politics

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-090X2019000200217
Submitted
December 2, 2019
Published
2019-12-03

Abstract

In 2018, the Colombian right’s consolidation of power minimized the peace process by blocking the transformative aspirations of the 2016 peace agreement. However, the transformative promises of peace came back to the political arena during the presidential elections, when an ample coalition of leftist parties and grassroots movements supported Petro’s candidacy. This suggests that, despite the multiple obstacles, power asymmetries, and the continuous influence of violence, the Colombian peace agreement is responsible for something that no other political event—not even the momentous 1991 Constitution—has yet achieved: the existence of a programmatic discussion between the left and the right

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