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En este artículo intentamos recopilar las diferentes respuestas que se han dado al interrogante: ¿cuál es la naturaleza de la guerra en Colombia? Para ello, hemos estudiado seis formas de definir la violencia en Colombia: i) guerra anti/comunista; ii) conflicto agrario; iii) conflicto criminalizado; iv) guerra civil/guerra contra la sociedad; v) conflicto internacionalizado; vi) amenaza terrorista. Concluimos que los cambios de los actores armados, sus repertorios de violencia y del contexto internacional son respondidos por masas críticas con nuevas denominaciones. Las denominaciones, así como la guerra misma, son dinámicas. Este artículo aporta una revisión de literatura sobre la naturaleza del conflicto y una perspectiva de análisis historiográfico útil para otras preguntas relacionadas con la guerra.
In this article we attempt to compile the different answers that have been given to the question: what is the nature of the Colombian armed conflict? For this purpose, we have identified six different denominations: i) anti/communist conflict; ii) agrarian conflict; iii) criminalized conflict; iv) civil war/war against society; v) internationalized conflict; vi) terrorist threat. For each denomination, we have analyzed its postulates, its contexts of significance and the argumentative challenges that succeeded it. First, we conclude that the changes in the armed actors, their repertoires of violence and the international context are responded to by critical masses with new denominations. Denominations, as well as the Colombian armed conflict, are dynamic. Second, we show that, although armed conflict has been considered by many analysts as unique for comparison, in reality its definitions have been shaped by both the international context (three global wars) as well as the international literature from economics, political science and international relations.
