The paradoxes of international aid
Since the signing of the peace agreement in 2016 – almost 9 years ago – a lot of stuff has happened in terms of economic reintegration of ex-fighters. Remember that the peace agreement in its chapter End of Conflict, 3.2.2.1., created ECOMUN, an organization for social and solidarity-based economy with local sections to which ex-combatants […]
Women’s participation at the peace talks in Colombia
the elimination of the different types of violence requires something more than just constitutional, legal or institutional changes. It requires true revolutionary changes that dismantle the basis of exploitation and social exclusion of all human beings.
Heartwarming self-criticism
it was heartwarming to hear a government negotiator recognizing exactly what most people fail to recognize – in a completely transparent, selfless and public exercise of self-criticism: most ex-FARC members complied
Reintegration in the Context of Total Peace
This article is an adaption of the original article in Spanish: La reincorporación en el marco de la Paz Total, published in Medina Gallego, C. 2022. Paz Total, insumos para la formulación de una política pública integral de Paz, Universidad Nacional de Colombia In order to achieve a successful reintegration of ex-fighters in future peace […]
We are not ‘cooperating’; we are making peace
Regarding an article published in The Guardian, called “Colombia peace deal with Farc is hailed as a new model for ending conflicts” written by Ed Vulliamy, I would like to make a few clarifications. The author mentions that only one of the six elements of the agenda remains to be discussed: decommissioning and disarmament. If only it were […]
This is just the beginning
On September 7, the FARC-EP and the National Government officially installed the gender sub-committee of the peace talks, “to guarantee a gender perspective in the partial agreements achieved until now and in an eventual final agreement”. In my view, there are two powerful arguments that support the existence of such a committee. Firstly, in Colombia, […]