Post-conflict in Colombia from the view of its actors

Abstract

Since the 1960s, Colombia has been permeated by violence associated with the armed conflict, involving different actors such as the guerrillas, paramilitaries, drug traffickers, civil society, the government, and the armed forces. This research article explores the post-conflict in Colombia from the perspective of its actors. In this sense, the work is framed within the qualitative approach, phenomenological and hermeneutical method mediated by the application of the life stories technique to different post-conflict actors. The analysis of the information showed that the post-conflict is the starting point for the construction of peace through transition and reconciliation, in order to generate opportunities for social, political, economic and cultural recovery, for which it is required as a first step the demobilization of groups outside the law, providing guarantees of non-repetition of violent acts and their immersion in civil life, thus contributing to the security and development of the country. Based on the results of the study, it is concluded that rehabilitation as a recovery process through the participation of post-conflict actors, allows building peace through concrete actions such as reparation, social insertion, humanitarian aid, reestablishment of institutions and psychosocial recovery among others.