Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/266577 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Comment No. 54/2022
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
With their joint announcement about the desire to resume peace talks, Colombia's new president and the country's second-largest guerrilla group, the ELN (Ejército de Liberación Nacional), have sent a clear political signal. The pacification of the ELN is to take place under the aegis of a 'leftist' government and be accompanied by a comprehensive and ambitious reform project. This is a renewed attempt to end the civil war following the conclusion of a peace agreement with the FARC rebels in 2016. However, the agreement with the FARC can serve as a blueprint only to a limited extent, not just because of the different historical origins of the two guerrilla groups but also owing to the strongly decentralized internal structure of the ELN. The issues of a ceasefire and the release of prisoners - prerequisites for possible peace talks - remain unresolved. Lengthy negotiations lie ahead, and the involvement of Colombian civil society is essential as central questions about the country's future must be clarified.
Subjects: 
Colombia
President Gustavo Petro
ELN (Ejército de Liberación Nacional)
peace talks
reform project
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Document Type: 
Research Report

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