Building Enduring Peace in Colombia: How the EU Can Help
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2018-10-16
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Colombia’s civil conflict – which lasted more than five
decades, killed thousands and displaced more – officially
ended with the November 2016 peace agreement between
the state and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia,
or FARC. During the first years of the deal’s implementation,
significant problems have emerged, with organized crime
and terrorist networks expanding to rural areas and violence
rising. These challenges affect not only Colombia but also the
wider region and actually reverberate as far as Europe, due to
drug trafficking. For this reason, it is necessary to identify how
EU support could be more efficient in building peace in postconflict
Colombia.
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Colombia’s conflict, Peace deal with the FARC, The implementation challenges facing the peace deal 3, EU support for post-conflict Colombia