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Olmedo Vega spent 35 years as a FARC guerrilla commander before moving to the Agua Bonita demobilisation camp. Photograph: Juan Pablo Valderrama

Inside a reintegration camp for Colombia’s ex-guerrilla fighters: ‘Words of reconciliation are our only weapons now’

Camilo Tamayo Gomez, University of Huddersfield and Gavin Hart, Liverpool Hope University

The outcome of Colombia’s presidential election has major implications for the survival of its historic peace deal, and the prospects of former combatants who have committed to a life without conflict
Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, centre and his running mate Francia Marquez, at his right, stand before supporters with Marquez’s wife and daughter on election night in Bogota, Colombia. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

The left could be poised to take power in Colombia for the first time

Juan Manuel Morales, Université de Montréal

The strong showing of left-wing presidential candidate Gustavo Petro in the Colombian elections suggests the country’s left-right divide is moving from armed confrontation to democratic disagreement.
Colombia ended its 52-year conflict with the FARC guerrillas in late 2016. The next president must decide whether to uphold the deal. AP Photo/Ivan Valencia

Colombia’s presidential runoff will be a yet another referendum on peace

Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón, International Institute of Social Studies and Magda Jiménez, Universidad Externado de Colombia

Two candidates from Colombia’s May 27 presidential vote will face off on June 17. One is a former guerrilla. The other is a hard-liner. Their views for the nation’s future couldn’t be more different.

Related Topics

  1. Colombia
  2. Colombian peace process
  3. Democracy
  4. FARC
  5. Gustavo Petro
  6. Ivan Duque
  7. Latin America
  8. Latin American politics
  9. Northern Ireland
  10. Peacebuilding

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