The Trouble Facing Colombia's Moderates
The Trouble Facing Colombia's Moderates
By
Adriana La Rotta
Without conflict to bring them together, Colombians are confronting their differences, and engaging in the messy business of democracy.
This article is adapted from AQ's print issue on peace and economic opportunity in Colombia.
Next May, Colombians will head to the polls to elect a new president. This should mark a new period of peace and prosperity for my country, as it will be the first election following the 2016 peace agreement between the government and the left-wing FARC insurgency. The agreement ended a brutal war that over five decades claimed more than 200,000 lives, forced the internal displacement of 7 million people...
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