A report presented in August 2020 by Colombian senators and representatives of the opposition recounted where the Agreement was in terms of its implementation, four years after it was signed. Four months after that devastating report, statistics on violence remain staggering and, what represented a great and historic opportunity for Colombia, has witnessed an incomprehensible stagnation on some of its key points.
According to the report, the country has seen an important increase in the number of slayings of social leaders, confinements and forced displacements. Likewise, on the issues of victim reparation and land endowment, the report found it would take the Colombian State 43 years to compensate all of the conflict's victims, while only 0.08% of the targeted 3 million hectares of the Land Fund has been allocated.
These findings raise – or should raise – many red flags about the execution of an Agreement that brought hope to many Colombians, as well as to many countries and sectors, since not only did it put an end to the oldest guerrilla group on the continent, but also represented the opportunity to undertake social transformations that Colombia has needed for decades, such as equality for rural populations, reparation for victims, and advances in the management of drug trafficking.
