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Jeisson Oswaldo Martínez Leguízamo
En los últimos 25 años en el panorama político de Latinoamérica se pueden apreciar dos fenómenos evidentes. Primero, la crisis del modelo neoliberal instaurado en el continente a partir del Consenso de Washington y, segundo, la respuesta popular que condujo al ascenso de movimientos pertenecientes a un amplio espectro de la izquierda.
Colombia, a pesar de mantener una activa movilización social, no ha logrado sumarse a esta tendencia regional. La intervención permanente de los EE.UU., la violencia usada como instrumento político por parte de las élites colombianas y la dispersión de la izquierda aparecen entre las principales explicaciones de este hecho. Como respuesta a la violencia estatal y ante el cierre de los espacios democráticos, una parte de la izquierda se alzó en armas impugnando la legitimidad del régimen, mientras que otra se mantuvo dentro de la institucionalidad a pesar de los riesgos que ello conllevaba. El Estado, decidido a terminar por la fuerza con el alzamiento armado, adoptó una tendencia militarista encaminada a la persecución de las guerrillas, pero que se extendió al conjunto de la izquierda democrática y del movimiento social. Sin embargo, los Diálogos de Paz han abierto la posibilidad de superar la confrontación. Ante la eventual firma de un acuerdo de paz, vuelve a cobrar vigencia el debate sobre la unidad de la izquierda, pero esta vez con un elemento adicional: la posibilidad de que los movimientos políticos que resulten del acuerdo puedan sumarse a la tan anhelada convergencia.
For the last 25 years two clear phenomena can be appreciated in the Latin American political context. Firstly, the crisis of the neoliberal approach, installed in the continent since the Washington Consensus, and secondly the popular response which lead to the rising of some movements belonging to a wide left-wing spectrum. Colombia, despite the fact of keeping an active social mobilisation, has not managed to join this regional tendency. The permanent USA intervention, the violence used as a political instrument by the Colombian elites, and the left-wing dispersion seem to be among the main explanations for this situation. As a response to the state violence and the closing of the democratic spaces, a part of the left-wing took up arms refuting the regime legitimacy.
Meanwhile, other part kept within the institutional framework, in spite of the risks. The State, which was determined to end the armed uprising by force, adopted a militaristic tendency aiming to the guerrilla persecution, but which was extended to the whole democratic left-wing and social movement. However, the Peace Talks have opened the possibility of getting over the confrontation. Before the possible signature of a peace agreement, the debate on the left-wing unity is back in force, but this time with an additional element: the possibility for the political movements resulting from the agreement to be able to join the dreamed alignment.
continent since the Washington Consensus, and secondly the popular response which lead to the rising of some movements belonging to a wide left-wing spectrum. Colombia, despite the fact of keeping an active social mobilisation, has not managed to join this regional tendency. The permanent USA intervention, the violence used as a political instrument by the Colombian elites, and the left-wing dispersion seem to be among the main explanations for this situation. As a response to the state violence and the closing of the democratic spaces, a part of the left-wing took up arms refuting the regime legitimacy.
Meanwhile, other part kept within the institutional framework, in spite of the risks. The State, which was determined to end the armed uprising by force, adopted a militaristic tendency aiming to the guerrilla persecution, but which was extended to the whole democratic left-wing and social movement. However, the Peace Talks have opened the possibility of getting over the confrontation. Before the possible signature of a peace agreement, the debate on the left-wing unity is back in force, but this time with an additional element: the possibility for the political movements resulting from the agreement to be able to join the dreamed alignment.
