Almost a year after the arrival of Gustavo Petro to the presidency of Colombia, on August 7, 2022, a ceasefire must come into force on Thursday August 3 for three months with the last active guerrillas, the Army of National Liberation (ELN). Himself a former guerrilla, Gustavo Pétro, who has become the country’s first left-wing leader, must face a path strewn with pitfalls towards the “total peace” he promised. Interview with Lina Penagos, doctor in political science at Paris-Est University.
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Colombia: thanks to the “ceasefire with the ELN, we can hope for a drop in homicides”
