Colombia’s Failed ELN Talks: Did ‘Total Peace’ Backfire?

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Issue Aug 26-Sep 01 2026: After nearly two years of negotiations with the National Liberation Army (ELN), then-President Gustavo Petro decided to suspend the negotiations, citing the guerrilla group’s lack of will for peace and the persistence of violence, which laid the groundwork for questioning whether the ELN had grown stronger under Total Peace in Colombia.

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