After It Makes Peace, Colombia Must Govern

After It Makes Peace, Colombia Must Govern

Colombians under 65 cannot remember living in a country at peace. Internal armed conflict has raged almost continuously in the South American nation since 1948. With talks ongoing between the government and the larger of the country’s two leftist guerrilla groups, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Colombians may soon discover what peace is like. But they may find it only a bit more peaceful or secure than what came before.

The talks taking place in Havana, Cuba, which are the fourth peace process attempted with the FARC since 1982, have a better-than-even chance of resulting in an accord.

But will an accord bring peace? If “peace” is defined as the absence of national-level, politically driven armed groups, then the answer is yes. But if it also implies a steep, sustained drop in violence, then peace is less certain.

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