nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230413-070200-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230412s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230413-070200-0 doi eng 342 23 Boesten, Jan Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-2117-1004 Colombia, a Besieged Democracy with (New) Oligarchic Tendencies? Boesten, Jan Verfassungsblog 2023-04-12 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 20 March, Colombia’s newly formed government suspended the cease fire it had only recently concluded with the Clan de Golfo, one of the country’s most powerful, remaining armed non-state actor (ANSA). The announcement followed repeated attacks against civilians in the country’s North-West ascribed to the group. Not even ten days later, the largest remaining guerrilla group, the ELN (also engaged in the government’s Total Peace initiative), killed nine soldiers in an attack in the frontier region with Venezuela. This blogpost details what distinguishes these post-FARC and post-AUC Armed Non State Actors from their predecessors and how their emergence threatens to ensure that Colombia remains a besieged democracy, despite all the progress it has made. CC BY-SA 4.0 Colombia Colombian Peace Agreement democracy Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/colombia-a-besieged-democracy-with-new-oligarchic-tendencies/ raw object