From Old Battles to New Challenges in Colombia
The historic 2016 peace agreement between the Colombian government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia–People’s Army) formally ended the conflict between them, but it also became a major fault line in Colombian politics, dividing those who felt the accord represented a reasonable basis for peace and those who felt it was too forgiving of the FARC. In the past year, however, this harsh division, while still reverberating in political life, has begun to lessen as the accord has gradually grown institutional roots. The coronavirus pandemic has, surprisingly, further reduced tension thanks to the achievement of remarkable consensus in the country over a science-driven approach to managing the deadly virus. Yet the pandemic has also brought to the fore a range of socioeconomic and other political issues that constitute other axes of division that the country must now grapple with as it moves beyond the battles of the past.
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