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The role of conflict in the 2023 local elections in Colombia

April 27, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

On October 29, regional elections will be held in Colombia, where 32 governors, 418 deputies from departmental assemblies, 1,102 mayors, 12,072 councilors and 6,513 mayors of local Administrative Boards will be elected. These local elections are fundamental to the provision of local resources and governing across Colombia. Yet they will take place in a complex conflict setting, where despite the 2016 peace agreement and the broad disarmament and demobilization of the FARC-EP, legacies of this group’s conflict governance and a number of other non-state armed actors remain. This conversation among researchers will center around the role of conflict – including that of active and former armed groups – on local elections and electoral participation in Colombia. We will be discussing some of the main empirical insights from this literature and tying the potential implications of this work to the upcoming local elections.

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Date:
April 27, 2023
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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Website:
https://fwg0427.eventbrite.com

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Colombian Studies Initiative
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