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Mariela Kohon is senior international officer for the TUC, a former adviser in the Colombia peace process, and vice chair of Justice for Colombia.
For years, Colombia’s right-wing regime put the 2016 peace deal at risk. But now the country’s first leftist president has committed to full implementation – including the economic justice, political dialogue, and social equality peace demands.
In 2016, the Colombian government and FARC signed a landmark agreement to end decades of conflict – but five years on, President Duque’s reactionary politics are putting peace at risk.