A severe security crisis, the penetration of armed groups in the regional political life and economic and environmental issues are the three challenges identified by Chiara Chiavaroli and Andrei Gómez-Suárez for the implementation of Petro’s “total peace” in the Bajo Cauca region.
Petro’s concept of “total peace” goes beyond negotiations with illegal armed groups. Andrei Gómez-Suárez and Margarita Ermini* argue that the new policy signals a paradigm shift in peacebuilding.
La Ley de Orden Público es una piedra angular de la política de ‘Paz Total’ de Petro. Gwen Burnyeat, Andrei Gómez-Suárez y Alejandro Posada Tellez analizan los interrogantes que deja y los retos de su implementación.
La Ley de Orden Público es una piedra angular de la política de ‘Paz Total’ de Petro. Gwen Burnyeat, Andrei Gómez-Suárez y Alejandro Posada Tellez analizan los interrogantes que deja y los retos de su implementación.
Can the triumph of the left in the presidential elections pave the way for reconciliation in Colombia? Andrei Gómez-Suárez analyses the results of the March congressional and primary elections and outlines the challenges for reconciliation in the case of a Petro presidency.
Can Colombia leap forward toward reconciliation? Andrei Gómez-Suárez analyses the reconciliation encounter between Bertha Fries and Rodrigo Londoño and suggests that the political mobilisation of civil society is necessary for a breakthrough.
In January 2022, 13 massacres were carried out in Colombia, and 13 social leaders were assassinated by unknown armed groups, according to Colombian NGO Indepaz. This serious human rights crisis confirms the concerns of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
Could the election of Joe Biden in the US pave the way to peace talks in Colombia between the government and the ELN guerrilla group? Gwen Burnyeat and Andrei Gómez-Suárez analyse the ELN’s perceptions of the obstacles to peace, and suggest that the incoming Biden administration offers a window of opportunity for future negotiations.
Will the stars align for peace with the ELN? ReD members Karen Arteaga Garzón, Gwen Burnyeat, Andrei Gómez-Suárez and Germán Otálora Gallego argue that the possibilities of any future negotiations with the ELN guerrilla depend on finding a solution to the tense regional geopolitics between the US, Cuba, Venezuela and Colombia.
Could the global transformations being wrought by the coronavirus pandemic open a window of opportunity for a future negotiation in Colombia between the government of Iván Duque and the ELN insurgency? ReD members Gwen Burnyeat and Andrei Gómez-Suárez analyse the perspectives of each side, their recent unilateral gestures, and evaluate the possibilities and challenges for peace in this context.
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