The Future of Colombia’s Historic Pact in the Balance

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Issue Mar 04-10 2026: Historically, attempts in Colombia to build politically viable left-wing parties have faced nearly insurmountable hurdles, as is perhaps nowhere better exemplified than in the cases of the Unión Patriótica (UP), which was the target of unrelenting attacks from paramilitary groups operating with tacit consent of the state, and the Polo Democrático Alternativo (PDA), a coalition that gathered together various leftist political movements but which ended in fracture.

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