Colombia's path to "total peace": President Gustavo Petro cannot fall back on the FARC blueprint

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With their joint announcement about the desire to resume peace talks, Colombia's new president and the country's second-largest guerrilla group, the ELN (Ejército de Liberación Nacional), have sent a clear political signal. The pacification of the ELN is to take place under the aegis of a 'leftist' government and be accompanied by a comprehensive and ambitious reform project. This is a renewed attempt to end the civil war following the conclusion of a peace agreement with the FARC rebels in 2016. However, the agreement with the FARC can serve as a blueprint only to a limited extent, not just because of the different historical origins of the two guerrilla groups but also owing to the strongly decentralized internal structure of the ELN. The issues of a ceasefire and the release of prisoners - prerequisites for possible peace talks - remain unresolved. Lengthy negotiations lie ahead, and the involvement of Colombian civil society is essential as central questions about the country's future must be clarified.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: SWP Comment ; No. 54/2022

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Politik
• Thema: Colombia ; President Gustavo Petro ; ELN (Ejército de Liberación Nacional) ; peace talks ; reform project

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Maihold, Günther
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
• (wo): Berlin
• (wann): 2022

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.18449/2022C54
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/266577
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-81900-0
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ