The Bogota Pact: How Elites Managed Peace

After the bloodshed of La Violencia, Colombia’s two major parties made a shocking agreement to share power equally for sixteen years. This episode explores the Frente Nacional, a political system designed to end civil war by forcing Conservatives and Liberals to alternate the presidency and split all government jobs down the middle. We look at how this pact stabilized the nation but also entrenched corruption, excluded third-party voices like the National Front's critics, and created the conditions for guerrilla groups like FARC and ELN to rise in the shadows. Through figures like Alberto Lleras Camargo and Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, we see how elite management shaped modern Colombian democracy.

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