Empowering learning for just and peaceful societies

Empowering Learning for Just and Peaceful Societies

BLOG POST: Colombia’s peace in 2018: a new government, polarization, and instability

With a new president’s approach to peace, Colombia faces old and new challenges for building peace. In a recent evaluation, Iván Duque searches to modify the peace agreement in three main areas: Land restitution and illegal crop eradication programs, the political representation of the FARC, and the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP in Spanish). We analyze these changes through the lens of political polarization.