The Armed Forces during peace times

Abstract

This work examines the Armed Forces role in peace negotiations within a historical perspective, in order to understand current situation. Armed conflict persistence has prevented a rupture with the civil-military relations scheme established by the National Front, which ensures military subordination to the civil power, in exchange for a relative autonomy to manage those issues of its field. Civil military tension produced by such scheme increases during negotiation with the insurgence, because of production of political opportunities to keep or expand autonomy. Although Juan Manuel Santos Administration has involved the Armed Forces in the peace process, he has not managed to transform such scheme.

Keywords

• Colombia, Fuerzas Armadas, negociaciones de paz, relaciones cívico-militares.