Though it seems counterintuitive, the best available political strategy for Farc is to defend a peace agreement that includes justice measures.

While the agrarian policies allow the land concentration to continue, the efforts of achieving restitution will be insignificant and they can be counterproductive.

Las negociaciones del gobierno con las FARC en La Habana abren un espacio para nada despreciable para limitar el impacto negativo del narcotráfico sobre la violencia y la democracia en Colombia, por lo que conviene intentar desarrollar ideas que orienten los debates en este campo. El propósito de este artículo es brindar algunas herramientas teóricas…

Prison is not the most direct path toward peace.

About the press releases issued by the Constitutional Court on the decision about the Legal Framework of Peace.

A warning In this article we do not refer to the eventual content of the referendum, in other words, the specific proposal that would be submitted to consideration of citizens regarding the peace process. Until now, the proposals that have circulated in media are very general and do not go beyond a simple speculation.

Is it possible to overcome the existing polarization over the ratification of an eventual peace agreement? FARC insists on a constitutional assembly, while the government is radically opposed to this option.

Today we are experiencing two concurrent events. First, we are witnessing the negotiations with the guerillas, which have a good possibility of success. Second, we are living through a time of very intense social unrest, as the farmers' strike demonstrated. ¿How do we interpret the simultaneity of these processes?

The ruling of the Constitutional Court supports the dialogues, however it is not a free pass to get out of prison.