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June 13, 2022

Will a Long-Awaited Report Spur Lasting Peace in Colombia?

Colombian truth commission head Francisco de Roux and President-elect Gustavo Petro spoke June 28 at the release of the commission’s report on Colombia’s armed conflict. // Photo: Facebook Page of Gustavo Petro.

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  • Colombia’s truth commission on June 28 published its long-awaited report on the country’s more than five-decade internal armed conflict. According to the nearly 900-page report, the conflict’s effects on rebel groups and the Colombian military have been “massive and intolerable.” Additionally, the country’s current drug policy has been ineffective and has allowed the conflict to continue, according to the truth commission. What are the truth commission’s most important findings, and what are its recommendations to help Colombia move past the conflict? What will President-elect Gustavo Petro—a former guerrilla—do to bring about and maintain peace in Colombia? What roles did other countries, including the United States, play during Colombia’s armed conflict, and were they beneficial or detrimental to the objective of peace?  

A

Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli, director for the Andes at the Washington Office on Latin America: “Colombia’s truth commission on June 28 delivered on its herculean task of producing a report that brings together a cohesive narrative of abuses committed during Colombia’s nearly 60-year internal armed conflict. Working during a time when the governing party was at odds with advancing the peace process as signed in 2016 and actively working to undermine the transitional justice system was not easy. The result is a multiple thesis-worth analysis from the perspective of victims of all the armed actors, of the human and humanitarian impact of Colombia’s internal fissures. The report focuses on presenting the truth from the victims’ perspectives and highlights the costs the political conflict placed on civilian populations with differentiated…”

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