Colombia y su conflicto armado. un análisis a dos informes: “basta ya: Colombia memorias de guerra y dignidad” y “hay futuro si hay verdad” (2012 - 2022)

Abstract

Colombia's recent history has been marked by a prolonged armed conflict, leaving deep scars on the social, economic, and political fabric of the country, not to mention the psychological effects, generating an intense need to understand its dynamics. In this context, the task of analyzing and understanding the dimensions of violence in Colombia has become a priority for different sectors of society, including academics, lawmakers, victims, and their families. To address this need, the Colombian state has organized several investigative commissions to explore the causes and consequences of the prolonged internal conflict and propose actions for its overcoming. This study focuses on analyzing two reports produced by government commissions: "Basta Ya. Colombia: Memorias de Guerra y Dignidad" produced by the Grupo de Mmemoria Histórica (GMH) in 2012, and "Hay Futuro si Hay Verdad" produced by the Comisión de Esclarecimiento de la Verdad y la No Repetición (CEV) in 2022. These documents represent attempts to document and propose ways to understand the multiple facets of violence that have ravaged the country, being products of a national effort to confront and discuss the history of violence in Colombia, making them primary sources to understand how the state and some sectors of society interpret the internal armed conflict. This investigative effort analyzes how these reports present their discussion on violence in the first decade of the XXI century, examining the historical contexts in which their discourses were produced, the analytical frameworks employed by researchers, and the methodological characteristics of each report.