The Unfulfilled Promises of Colombia’s Peace Process
By
María Victoria Llorente
Why the 2016 deal has fallen short of expectations and what it says about the country today.
This article is adapted from AQ’s special report on the Trump Doctrine BOGOTÁ— Peace remains one of Colombia’s biggest yet most elusive goals. Nearly a decade after the country signed its landmark Peace Accord with the FARC, Colombia still stands at a crossroads. The 2016 vote on the agreement exposed deep national divisions, and political polarization has shaped every step of its implementation. The result is a peace process simultaneously hailed abroad as a global model and criticized at home for falling far short of expectations. From the beginning, the...
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