Is Colombia’s Civil War Getting Worse?

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In this video we'll cover how in recent months Colombia have seen peace negotiations with paramilitary groups falter after a series of violent incidents which leaving the prospect of Total Peace seeming ever more distant.
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[@bababababababa6124]

Imagine having the longest running civil war on the continent but still not being the worst country in your region (🇻🇪)

[@juanbustos1338]

After 10 years you kind of get used to it, it doesn't get easier but you learn what to expect lol

[@FlanPoirot]

@@juanbustos1338 what do you expect?

[@josephharrison8354]

Venezuela is unique in that it's been the unrelenting victim of decades of economic sanctions.

[@andresuaza]

Sorry about that neighbour

[@andresuaza]

@@josephharrison8354 Or perhaps a centralized model based on a dictatorship that only benefits the small and unqualified group who runs the country?

[@Alceline]

Quick note: this is NOT a CIVIL WAR. The problem that Colombia has is a type of low-intensity asymmetric conflict that is sponsored by the drug trafficking business. Although the situation is really not good nowadays, there are many safe and enjoyable places in the country for tourists and locals. So yeah, always be aware or even ask to your Colombian lads advices and recommendations if you want to explore deeper and more daring spots. Let's hope Colombia finds the real peace 🕊️ We don't really deserve this and these graceful lands really need to be take cared for the good

[@mnm5165]

Civil War: A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies. Idk Colombia’s situation kinda sounds pretty “civil war-ish” to me

[@nealrigga6969]

A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies. Idk this situation seems a bit civil warish to me

[@frankwilliamk3769]

sounds like a low intensity civil war though. civil war doesnt mean every town village and city are constantly in combat

[@Alceline]

@@frankwilliamk3769 The actors in this conflict stopped struggling many years ago for a Marxist-Leninist goal as they say. So they are not political actors to be classified as "civil war"

[@Alceline]

@@frankwilliamk3769 Not at all. The guerillas are not political actors as if they were before the 90's. They don't look for anything politically speaking, at least in the last 30 years of their 60 years of existence

[@feredor]

Since the actors in this conflict abandoned their ideologies and today fight for a monetary interest, I do not think that the term "civil war" is concise in this case. But in any case, Colombia is still standing after a lot of violence and corruption

[@Takusman]

Can you imagine? the country has been sacked, exploited, raped by the "political" class, the corruption is still rampant and yet we still have money? If we stop being colombians for once and realize we are stealing our own house, the country will be a super power

[@JTP1999]

Motivations do not define what a civil war is or is not. As a civil war is just a war between two native forces in the same country, it doesn't matter what your reasoning is, may it be monetary, power, or anything else.

[@alexlehrersh9951]

Nope one part is still comuistic

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

@@alexlehrersh9951 'comuistic' 😂😂😂

[@feredor]

@@JTP1999 In that sense, almost every country is in a civil war because you have the law and order against criminal stuff. Something like this has happening in Colombia a couple of decades. I don't know any academic who considers this a civil war, it's misleading term.

[@CarlMarxPunk]

As a Colombia I think it's important to clarify no one uses the term "civil war" for our Armed Conflict. I think it obfuscates it's scope, it hasn't been a civil war in a long time.

[@julian_online]

The internal Colombian conflict is mainly fueled by drugs and lack of government presence in rural areas. Peace talks won't do much if there are no roads, no livelihood opportunities and no overall investment. These are by far more pressing needs.

[@KarlKapo]

Lmao no. It's a cultural thing. Colombians are prone to drugs, asocial behaviour and whatnot

[@HiFerch]

Mainly, it's owing to the whole far right politics who don't let do anything.

[@samuelboucher1454]

@@HiFerch Then why do things gets worse once a Far Left candidate is president?

[@yucol5661]

⁠@@samuelboucher1454do they get worse? Seems like it’s been the same for decades with only minor changes.

[@Leo-ok3uj]

@@samuelboucher1454 Could you tell us how is worse than when the far right president was murdering innocents? Or you are just repeating what your local politician tells you?

[@andresuaza]

As a Colombian, this saddens me. I hope we change the narrative of our country on the international news, but the truth has to be out there. More than happy to give my perspective on this channel if you want me as a Native source.

[@GrandmasterBumfluff]

I hope you and your country see better times in the future my friend.

[@alexsbarricades8218]

I'm so sorry to hear...

[@danielstewart8339]

They do not

[@danny91pr]

​@@danielstewart8339😂

[@caseypenk]

@@danielstewart8339That’s not necessary.

[@Nicolas.Himself]

I'm not really sure "civil war" is the correct term. I can be wrong, of course, but Colombia's internal conflict is not (at least for the last three decades) about political power but economical (through drugs production control). In that order, Mexico's situation with the cartels should be called a civil war? I would call it an internal war against criminal organizations

[@nootmare3095]

Nah, FARC isn't a criminal faction, it is a revolutionary organization. And the other paramilitaries groups are pretty much guerrilas that want something other than sell drugs.

[@glynphelps9027]

Mexico at the moment is a civil war el mencho and his men are literally up to isis in methods

[@kyomademon453]

It stopped being about political control and became mainly about drug trafficking however the main ideal is still political and the peace agreements include political representation, the absolute majority of colombians dont even know what the conflict is about nowadays and just consider the guerrillas as enemies that must be destroyed since thats the narrative the media has pushed the conflict and popular opinion towards

[@Lexar179]

I'm Colombian but the title seems tricky for me. It's true that Colombia has a violent history but today we are mostly experiencing a period of reasonable peace, but still the conflict isn't over. Saying this because people will think Colombia is in a same pot as Somalia or Syria

[@juliandavididarragarestrep8719]

En Arauca, Cauca y en muchas regiones del sur sí.... Y más durante la total inacción de este gobierno de hampones

[@CarlMarxPunk]

@@juliandavididarragarestrep8719 *La Inacción de Duque

[@anonX9509]

@@CarlMarxPunk lmao its always the leftists blaming past governments when this one is worse... 360 mil millones stolen by this government and y'all blame everyone else

[@extrapolate]

@@CarlMarxPunkentonces por qué los homocidios y secuestros han crecido desde que el ex guerrillero Petro fue elegido?

[@-drofus-5660]

De petro guerrillero

[@anotherrandomfella9429]

This is a very decent attempt to shortly explain an incredibly complex problem. I can imagine the challenge this presented, nice work lads! To anybody that was contemplating the idea of visiting Colombia, you should be fine. The conflict is mostly fought on rural areas and the tourism industry is actually booming. Just inform yourself ahead. Chances are, you know a colombian or somebody who knows a colombian. We are virtually everywhere and always immensely happy to talk about our country and provide guidance to those wanting to visit. You will probably end up at someone's mother living room once there.

[@quedtion_marks_kirby_modding]

To add to this, Medellin and Bogota now have a lower homicide rate than a lot of american cuties like philidelphia or denver. So you should be fine.

[@fujiwaranovari]

As a Venezuelan that considers Colombia as a second home, this is really saddening, I remember going to visit an uncle in an underdeveloped region of the country, I was there for two weeks, there were two bombings in just that short period of time and one was directly at the center of town

[@TattooTourism]

uff. Donde y cuando mi perro?

[@nosoyericka]

Colombia has no a civil war lol People tend to be confused of what "civil war" means because if it were like that, nobody would visit Colombia or the whole country would be messed up, literally. It's quite chill over here, only take a step with good intentions.

[@manwithnoname2355]

Salga de Bogota y a 50 millas usted se encuentra a la guerrilla en una vereda. Faltan que vuelvan los atentados para que ustedes comiencen a salir de su burbuja. Dio mio.

[@mendez704]

A small correction: the picture you use of Gustavo Petro at 0:44 , when he was a guerrilla fighter, cannot be from 1978 (he was being interviewed by a news program called "Noticiero Nacional", as seen in the microphone which aired from 1984 to 1991 and using the specific logo seen in the picture. My guess is the picture is around1989.

[@anonX9509]

who cares about the year lmao dude is still a dirty guerrillero who hasn't worked a real job in his life

[@RRAX]

Still. It's a commie.🤮

[@jt-mx4on]

Fue después de la toma del palacio de justicia

[@jeywhistle]

Btw pounds, euros and dollars are the primary source of income of these "civil fighters". If the north could stop their narcotic's addiction, at least colombians could tackle the problem from a different angle.

[@ddddd5ddddd5ddddd5dd]

Colombian political scientists here congratulate for such synthesis

[@NOPEFROG]

In nice and early. Loving the work lately lads, you guys have been killing it!

[@AncientKing9197]

India 🇮🇳 stands with Colombia 🇨🇴 in these difficult times

[@chapstradamus]

And we colombians stand with you too cheers to the indian-colombian frienship!!! Namaste!

[@TheMilkXD]

thank you 💛💙❤️

[@MaruCat-03]

🇨🇴💕🇮🇳

[@null2640]

who tf are u

[@xvzf115]

Ok

[@alejandrotoro9676]

Although the conflict is still an issue calling it a civil war right now is a bit extreme. Still I give you guys kudos for taking about the conflict as a Colombian who lives abroad people are really uninformed and tend to only have Narcos as there “knowledge”

[@admiralbrown9334]

Look at the comments here. People asking about Escobar, as though he's very relevant to what's happening right now.

[@fighterguard]

Thank you for bringing attention to this struggle, the progress that has been made in the last 3 decades, and the current status of the conflict. We all hope that peace may finally be a reality in Colombia. But international support and cooperation are important and necessary.

[@BogotaMusichannel]

Just to clarify, Colombia is not in a civil war, it's an armed conflict, although Colombia was in a civil war before and could get into another one if things keep worsening like it has been happening for the last 2 years

[@UKGaru]

It is a civil war, we Colombians just don't refer to it in those terms but it is.

[@soupdrinker]

Yeah, just how Russia didn't invade Ukraine. They only did a special military operation.

[@fadu4802]

Newspeak

[@CanisLupusSteparium]

@@UKGaruIt is not. A proper civil war may happen though if the government forces a a new constitution to stay in power, and if the opposition and part of the army rebel against that. Given recent developments, that proposition is not too far fetched.

[@robertplant1829]

​@@CanisLupusSteparium si hablan paja, los que están en contra del gobierno se inventan y escalan cualquier teoría

[@samuelhernandosanchezgutie1417]

As a Colombian, this is a great summary of the conflict in my country, however, it's not a civil war.

[@juanbustos1338]

We don't really know what will happen, it's like being back to the 90s.

[@Bleilock1]

90s were way more assuring and less depressing Sorry

[@cgt3704]

But with less Escobar

[@donTeo136]

Totally true..a complete unknown. So many things going on not reported. Whats said and what is.

[@admiralbrown9334]

​@@Bleilock1the levels of violence in Colombia back then were far far worse than today.

[@Bleilock1]

@@admiralbrown9334 yea i meant world wide Sorry

[@MateoMPM]

Hello guys , Colombian here my name is mateo and i live in entrerrios - Antioquia We're not in a civil war We're fighting militia groups who control parts of the territory, these groups are growing more and more in power by every day it passes by The government has severely weakened the military by doing a number of things 1. They ended a contract with Russia that is supposed to keep our helicopters and equipment working 2. They ended relations with Israel ( whose combat planes we use ( Kafir ) and other important military equipment) 3. A bunch of ceasefires are agreed by the government and the groups But only the military follows it The groups continue operations normally so the military can't do anything. In other words we're screwed 😂

[@Piospkc]

If you have militia groups controlling territory and fighting against thr governement, that sounds like a civil war. Everything else is just copium

[@ThatGuy-bz2in]

you say you aren't in a civil war, then go on to describe a civil war. I can see why you wouldn't want to call it that. but rose by any other name...

[@yuanxiii3893]

​@@ThatGuy-bz2in It is not a civil war because in a civil war each side has CLEAR political objectives and REAL PROPOSALS and aim to obtain power to take RESPONSIBILITY of the country, but the terrorists in Colombia have very little of the first and none of the second. Plus in civil wars, the civilians are the ones that support one of the sides of the conflict, and in Colombia no one wants to be with guerrillas, only criminals... Their actions are purely criminal and terrorist, which mainly include kidnapping, killings and massacres, displacement of locals in rural areas and native indigenous peoples and their most profitable and practiced drug traffic. They even displace and burn down villages in order to use their lands to plant coca and marihuana to produce and sell drugs. They claim to have political aims, but the truth is that they have no proposals of how to govern a territory and even less the country. They use the easiest ideologies to make terrorism out of (socialism and communism/left wing) and claim that they pursue them, but it is all a vague justification as they don't even apply them in the lands that they control,where it works more like a dictatorship in which if you don't comply and join them you're either killed or displaced. It is a war on criminals, not a war in which the civilians look to involve; thus, not a civil war.

[@ThatGuy-bz2in]

@@yuanxiii3893 You seem to only recognize certain kinds of civil wars, as civil wars. A civil war does not require all sides to have clearly defined goals and plans. It is pretty normal for there to be factions who are just trying to look out for themselves and their own group. Not calling it a civil war is just an attempt to make it sound less serious than it is. But it is a war fought between citizens of the same country, IE a civil war.

[@robertplant1829]

Bro, Israel ya ni hace soporte para los k-fir 😂 avion obsoleto, aparte los jets de combate no se utilizan contra la guerrilla, es muy costoso, para eso estan los black hawk o los super tucan

[@danielhincapie7794]

Thanks for sharing this excellent video which explains in 8 minutes absolutely perfect a complex 60-year conflict.

[@yesid17]

as a colombian-american, thank you so much for this video!! it's got so many great launching off points for further research-i know relatively little about the conflict even though it's the entire reason my life turned out how it did, so thank you again for looking into this topic and explaining it so well!!

[@jmunevarvillamizar]

Thanks for bringing attention to the issues at hand. This is a complex multidimensional issue that starts from land inequality since the foundation of the country and thrown into full blown chaos by the drug money and the cartels. Hopefully Colombia will get the peace it deserves and be shown as the paradise it is.

[@z_1599]

Even though it's still a current topic, I would like to see more 'historical' video's. There are so many civil conflicst which 1 don't really get covered and 2 the historical background is missing or simplified. I would love to see videos like this about Mali, West-Papua, Central-African-Republic....

[@odin1585]

Great video

[@cheesebiscuits6323]

2:06 Don’t laugh don’t laugh don’t laugh don’t laugh

[@MiraitowaOlympicsfan2005]

It's actually called "FARC", not the f word

[@cheesebiscuits6323]

@@MiraitowaOlympicsfan2005 I am well aware.

[@F2vWD9]

⁠it's cuz he is British and doesn't make R sound so it sounds like fk

[@cheesebiscuits6323]

@@F2vWD9 farcing hell man

[@nicolasuribestanko]

@@cheesebiscuits6323 It's a good thing the country is called Colombia and not Turkey or Tunisia.

[@theonemouse]

2:21 “which was more urban than FOC”… you know he’s saying it like that on purpose 😂

[@admiralbrown9334]

That's just a typical English accent. They always drop R before another consonant.

[@theonemouse]

@@admiralbrown9334 still, English people are a funny people at times, just like me lol

[@valentincontilde]

Colombian here, really good unbiased video, better than our news channels at home. Keep the quality of the job. Regards.

[@JuanGamer3601H]

Although incorrect in minor details, such as the moment where the guerrilla turned from ideological to narco-guerrilla. This is a good video and explains everything with a neutral and objective perspective. Keep the work, this is amaizing

[@richbandicoot]

as a Mexican, it saddens me whenever I hear about turmoil in latin american countries. Hoping that one day, the region will stop dealing with these issues.

[@alexlehrersh9951]

8:11 Nope the worst misstake was making the deal agsinst the mayority of people

[@joanestradag]

It was not the majority, only about 38% of registered voters did it and won by a slight margin fed by the lies of the far right parties.

[@alexnitaly764]

I cant I cant TNO has made me insane I cant

[@goose9515]

Hahaha omg

[@SantyElizneth]

Stopped playing tno for that, it really harms mental health

[@Carboncopie]

I went there last year for holiday and the wedding of a friend. Had a great time. Didn't know of this. Tiny bit shocked right now.

[@anonX9509]

its cus it's not a civil war... hasn't been for ages, it's just guerrillas and paramilitary fighting over the drug trade... mixed with a ton of corruption by the government

[@camerasanti4652]

This doesn't affect urban areas, so unless you go to the jungle where the fight is at, you should be fine

[@TattooTourism]

I literally just went tthe jungle and the two poorest states … My mom got dengue but no civil war to be found homie. It’s a very civilized civil war lol. The way locals phrase it is that “those people go around with a list. Just don’t get on the list.” Scaryish, but not like AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

[@waly3302]

Me parece un buen reportaje, concreto y dando los datos exactos sin entrar en especulaciones. Algo que si es bueno resaltar es que no es una guerra civil, es un conflicto con ciertos grupos armados, que no representan a los colombianos

[@matthewconiglione5637]

Dog what time is it in the uk?? Yall got no business posting at 4am

[@Bleilock1]

Noon

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500]

Ngl, them posting at this time is best for everybody Americans can wake up to new TLDR videos, Brits get videos at noon, and Aussies get videos in the evening

[@Triple_Alliance]

This was posted at 10am

[@matthewconiglione5637]

Shit bro appreciate yall. Fell asleep drunk at not knowing Texas to uk time deferential. +6 hours is the community answer

[@batprime1177]

2:05 Nice name

[@monicongoperez4686]

F.A.R.C Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia souns like the F word xd

[@MaruCat-03]

No lo es 🇨🇴🕊

[@-i1007]

I do feel like this conflict is dying out as there is more of a consensus amongst the youth that none of the groups really stand for anything but themselves

[@doublef7968]

As a Colombian, i got to say that the news reported are greatly exaggerated. The peace negotiations have been mere spectacules, as kidnapings and other violent crimes keep constatly increasing. Making the nexesity for military intervention the more and more necessary.

[@ypleK]

farc sakes

[@theone4821]

😂😂 good one

[@somethinglikethat2176]

Seems they don't give a farc about the peace process.

[@mateocas13]

Colombia has no running civil war by no means

[@p00bix]

Yeah it's literally just two-bit street gangs that have adopted a communist aesthetic, which can *technically* trace their origins back to actual communist guerillas but which have not operated as such for many decades. The idea that anywhere in Colombia is an actual honest-to-god warzone is very silly; it really isn't much different from one of the several other Latin American countries with persistently severe crime problems.

[@UKGaru]

Yes it does, I'm Colombian

[@tyrel2003]

@@p00bix Bit street gangs against which the army uses artillery, bombing, helicopters and intelligence. And they are not just 2 (are about 20 or 50 if we include the bacrim)

[@soupdrinker]

@@p00bix They are militias, not "street gangs". Criminal militias of Latin America like in Colombia and Mexico often get called "gangs" by American media which downplays what they are. They are not comparable to "street gangs" at all. Street gangs in the USA are nowhere near as powerful nor organized as the crime organizations in Latin America. They are to the level that they can fight off the military, they have operations across borders and in several countries, powerful enough to overpower the law enforcement, control the law enforcement, get rid of politicians, have aircraft, armored vehicles, explosives, and proper chain of commands and ranks

[@p00bix]

@@soupdrinker that's fair; my comment admittedly downplayed how powerful some of the larger organizations are. I'd argue it still doesn't amount to the level of a full civil war in any country though

[@mariacamilaakl4082]

As a Colombian I appreciate this very clear and well done summary. Peace will come to Colombia when there is a state presence throughout the country. For the moment, the vast majority of the country is lawless and forgotten even by God. They could start by providing transportation and access to remote areas that today are reached on foot, mule or horseback as if we were in the 19th century.

[@Gigi-xr3qs]

Nebula's logo is an inverted pentagram?

[@danielstewart8339]

The answer is No then, not getting worse. Awesome negative title tho!

[@admiralbrown9334]

It's such obvious click bait.

[@TattooTourism]

lol agreed

[@Infillet3014]

i didnt even know there was a civil war

[@admiralbrown9334]

It's incredible how ignored it is.

[@monkeeseemonkeedoo3745]

Dude me too and I'm Colombian

[@monkeeseemonkeedoo3745]

Ok I did know about it, never heard of it referred as a 'civil war' I guess, that name is reserved more for the period before 1960 in my experience

[@monshosepu9229]

It’s not a civil war tho. Maybe in the 50s but now is just lack of government control in rural areas

[@sebsvlzr]

It's not. It's a conflict against terrorism

[@mariochaparro9587]

I liked you cardigan man, where did you buy it?

[@nicolasbalaguera1809]

Great video, but i have to correct you in 4:35... It wasnt a referendum that was put to vote, it was a "plebiscite" in the constitution, the difference is that a referendum, becomes law, a plebiscite is just simply the people giving their opinion

[@arijallu2456]

Initially, I wanted to visit Colombia in December. but seeing this news I want to give up on coming to Colombia until the situation is under control and safe. I'm honestly scared.

[@admiralbrown9334]

Honestly, the vast, vast majority of the country is almost totally unaffected by conflict, including most places tourists go to.

[@feredor]

I live in Medellín and it's quite common to see tourists and expats from all over here. My life here is quite calm and I have never witnessed a violent incident. The majority of Colombians are not very aware by the conflict, but despite its low intensity, it really has an impact on our international image. Colombia is safe enough for tourists, just don't try to go to the Darien Gap, the border with Venezuela or some parts of the Amazon región.

[@donTeo136]

You just need to avoid these bait girls on the net. The fact that they are setting traps is hardly tourist friendly thou..

[@andresuaza]

For tourism the country is fine. A couple of friends from the UK went there and loved it. The problem is for the rural areas (as mentioned in the video) that deep communities in Colombia that are outcasts of the big cities are struggling with the power vacuum from the government.

[@admiralbrown9334]

@@feredor same in Bogotá or most other major cities. And even in the more populated rural areas, the conflict isn't present.

[@janpiorko3809]

Well shit

[@juanchinpanchin]

I think it's a big chunk missing about the rol of the state in this war, they weren't just allies the government itself was controlled by paramilitary forces who were responsible for more killings and displaces than all guerrillas combined, later using this power to legalize stolen land and erase their crimes.

[@rouwd4wn649]

The government also killed civilians to show how "they were winning the war" and also to get US tax payer money by disguising them as rebels...

[@rubygamer5813]

Though I find ‘Civil war’ to be clickbait (especially since the term wasn’t used in the video), as a Colombian i’d say this is another very well made and well informed video.

[@BizzeeB]

The funny thing is that a video about the Colombian civil war getting worse could have been made at any time in the past 70 years, and it would always have been true.

[@admiralbrown9334]

Hardly. The conflict is nowhere near as bad as it used to be.

[@andresuaza]

@@admiralbrown9334 This is true. The 90's was the WORST era from our history

[@admiralbrown9334]

@@andresuaza or perhaps the 40s and 50s at the peak of La Violencia.

[@ozmodiar5561]

Not true at all.

[@sebsvlzr]

It's not. It's a conflict against terrorism.

[@iamthemoney007]

waiting for a video on indian election

[@admiralbrown9334]

They have one.

[@iamthemoney007]

@@admiralbrown9334 they don't . the election ended a couple days ago

[@MrAlen6e]

I would not classify the current internal conflict in Colombia as a civil war , because first of all most arm groups today are driven by economic interest rather than political ideology with the exception to the ELN but they're are involved in the drug trade and dont event alling with any of the progressive movements in the government. The problem with Colombia are both unwillingness to do land reforms with the implementation of the peace agreement and the failed 50 year war on drugs thats a losing battle because demand just keeps increasing.

[@Jagzeplin]

why is yall intro sound effect so loud? i turn it up to hear the voice and then my ears get blasted by the intro

[@Archduke_Astatos]

Bro since when has Colombia been in a civil war? I havent heard a damn thing about this.

[@feredor]

He's just being sensationalist. Colombia is just in a campaign against drug trafficking, that's all.

[@admiralbrown9334]

Since the 1940s, on and off.

[@Phantomgaming154]

​@@feredorPretty wierd,cause last time I remeber,Anti-drug trafficking campaigns don't result in death's of 220000 civillians and a further abduction of 27000,While displacing 5000000,Over a period of 60 years

[@feredor]

@@Phantomgaming154 "60 years" While Syria in less than 15 years actually surpassed these figures. Or look at Myanmar, we have the same population and they're doing pretty bad after 3 years

[@Phantomgaming154]

​@@feredorThe situation's in syria is fairly recent and only became as bad as it is,Due to bashar al assad using chemical weapons against his civillians which forced them to start an uprising against him.And in myanmmar's case,The conflict started as a result of the british not leaving behind a proper goverment. Now with colombia,The situation started as a result of leftist and consevative millitias fighting against each other.

[@Geo_Unveiled]

TNO reference???

[@goose9515]

Hahahaha omg I know this comment is going to get buried but it's amazing to see TNO brainrot like this in tldr news

[@Gabriel-hy8be]

Time to call the Japanese Army to test the new Guangdong SPGs...

[@LibardoMojica]

Probably armed conflict is a more accurate description than civil war. Other than that I know how difficult it can be to summarize such a complex and long situation as the one in our country, great job team.

[@konstantinosskarmoutsos5935]

What troubles me is that the armed faction seem to be extremely motivated. Is the reason for that only the drug profits, or are there more reasons?

[@tatianajaimes3043]

It was born from the ideology of communism because the little farmers were being attack constantly and every day were more poor, so the guerrillas were revolutionaries fighting for the ones that didn’t have. It was after some time that they change their road and became narcos attacking the ones they were supposed to protect (They don’t accept they are drug traffickers, they say they only put “taxes” on the drugs the other groups traffic)

[@billfrehe6620]

Venezuela is to blame for this ongoing conflict as they are the ones supplying the arms and training to the Columbian rebels.

[@admiralbrown9334]

Colombian.

[@user-cj7xb2yp7d]

@@admiralbrown9334 Hola, soy colombiano, por favor aceptemos que "Columbia" es el nombre de nuestro pais en ingles, haciendo el simil (de la misma manera que) de "Spain" y "España".

[@Nonchalant2023]

@@user-cj7xb2yp7dno hay España y Spain en inglés , solo Spain. tu argumento se cae

[@admiralbrown9334]

@@user-cj7xb2yp7d falso, también es Colombia en inglés. Solo los ignorantes escriben "Columbia". No soy colombiano pero sé leer un mapa.

[@juanm2213]

​@@user-cj7xb2yp7dFalso, es un error de ortografía, el nombre oficial en ingles es Colombia

[@TCT69]

Kinda clickbait title.. still a good report.. also we as colombians do not consider the current conflict as a civil war.. we had those in the past century.. but nowdays is just criminal organizations (mostly drug cartels) vs the government.. pretty similar to mexico..

[@nathanspreitzer6738]

Nowadays these groups are far less political and far more cartel like focused on the drug trade

[@santiagocuartas273]

Good video, and update. Although it's not a civil war. Those groups are Organized crime profiting from Drug production + illegal mining using "political" masks to "justify" their illegality. Lack of opportunity in the rural areas translates into these groups "recruiting" more members because they can pay them a monthly salary due to the illegal activities. In my perspective negotiations are useless because this is not politically driven, this is a business, and a very profitable one.

[@captainvanisher988]

Colombia needs a Bukele.

[@admiralbrown9334]

Colombia already had hard line right wingers who tried to assume dictatorial power. No more of that thanks.

[@captainvanisher988]

@@admiralbrown9334 Bukele is left wing and you're a restart.

[@CarlMarxPunk]

We had one he fucked everything up.

[@admiralbrown9334]

@@CarlMarxPunk it's incredible how these people who know nothing about Colombia will say it needs a strongmen, unaware of who ruled the country from 2002 to 2010. They just reveal their own ignorance.

[@user-rc9gy7fb3l]

Guatemala, Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia, Mexico, Honduras, Suriname and the United States are corrupt countries with human rights abuses with the potential for political violence, police brutality and war crimes in the Americas.

[@freedombro6502]

Can we all agree that socalism is evil? You can not redistribute something that is not yours.

[@admiralbrown9334]

How do you decide what is yours?

[@purpleblastoise]

Capitalism will go out like the dinosaurs..

[@trashcantheretardman8459]

Capitalism is based on stealing from the poor and giving to the rich. Capitalism forcefully redistributes wealth, just in a way that hurts the vast majority of the people, unlike socialism.

[@asscheeks3212]

​@admiralbrown9334 let me live in your home then, as long with a few buddies

[@richardalex4516]

Then why do right wing governments tax us? To spend it on themselves. They all take our money but we simply let them. Greed is rampant.

[@hardatak]

Colombia, better known as “The crazy place”

[@nicolasuribestanko]

True. We call it LOCOmbia.

[@emilioguzman2801]

Great video putting the assymetric armed conflict into perspective. You forgot to mention that the right-wing paramilitary groups have historic ties to High-Ranking politicians and the elites. Especially to ex-president Álvaro Uribe, who's currently on trial for influence peddling to influence a testimony of a key witness that connected him to the formation of a paramilitary group. Also, paramilitary groups are responsible for the vast majority of human rights violations and assassinations during the armed conflict in Colombia, although they were founded in the 90s.

[@jhonduran2367]

Por lo que veo usted no conoce de historia y de grupos de autodefensas 😂

[@FlosBlog]

As Europeans we frequently forget the worldwide importance of land reform. It’s such an important issue everywhere else in the world. And we dont even know that such a thing exists

[@yatarookayama8329]

Colombia was the fastest growing economy in south America , but in 2022 went Woke ( Far Left Regime ) and now Rip 😮😮

[@CarlMarxPunk]

Cry

[@juliandavidac]

😂😂😂😂 non sense, get a life

[@manwithnoname2355]

Ya llegaron a llorar los petristes aca.

[@CarlMarxPunk]

@@manwithnoname2355 llore

[@manwithnoname2355]

Como llora el petriste, ni un dia sobrevive en el monte y usted con esos videos da es pero risa😹😹😹😹

[@Da__goat]

Colombia has real potential given its geographic location and its resource and mineral wealth. I'm very surprised it doesn't actively try to cultivate a better tourist image for Americans like Costa Rica, Mexico, and Panama do. If it could make itself really safe they'd get so many Americans coming down for tourism it would really produce a lot of money. It truly is a beautiful country, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Medellin, and even Bogota are all beautiful cities.

[@natachatumadre9684]

Except for calling this a Civil War this is a pretty accurate description of the current situation

[@guydreamr]

One of the main takeaways I get is that when you criminalize drugs, then criminals and armed groups will be in charge of drugs.

[@foregone_roulette]

I think you have to go all in one way or another. Mealy mouthed "lets be compassionate to criminals" strategies only result in more misery for everyone. Either legalize it and take full control over distribution or illegalize it and ruthlessly enforce anti drug policies

[@Ele-hache]

​@foregone_roulette That last thing was attempted during decades. It just doesn't work, legalisation and regulation is the only reasonable way.

[@IsAcRafT]

​@@foregone_rouletteAn example of this is Ecuador, during Rafael Correa's presidency he made very lenient laws towards gangs to supposedly "bring peace to the streets" and "keep away the youth from committing crimes", now look at the results today: a new spiral of violence, the gangs became more powerful than ever and their violent tendencies never went away, and now the current government have to deal with by putting them into brand new prison facilities at best and bullets at worst.

[@guydreamr]

@@IsAcRafT The United States tried banning a drug already, it's called alcohol and the effort was called Prohibition. How'd that work out?

[@foregone_roulette]

@@guydreamr you legalize the soft stuff like weed and levy stringent penalties on hard drugs. Oregon just tried complete decriminalization and it was a disaster, now they're walking it back. Any of the areas in the US that have been permissive towards hard drugs in the past decade have turned into crime ridden slums, because compassion and enablement cannot cure addiction. It just makes life worse for law abiding citizens

[@juanalderete3937]

Why dont they just ask bukele to run the country? That should fix the issue

[@admiralbrown9334]

No thanks, Colombia already had hard line right wingers in charge.

[@Fede45454]

It didnt work

[@admiralbrown9334]

Another hardliner like Uribe? No thanks.

[@MrAlen6e]

Uribe was Bukele , it didn't work Colombian cartels were replaced by the Mexican cartel and Albanian mafias and now they're dealing with the same violence the country had before.

[@trashcantheretardman8459]

Why would anyone want an authoritarian dictator like Bukele in power? I'd prefer to keep my human rights.

[@Lord13289]

Interesting video but note: Don't be afraid of visiting Colombia, a lot of it is perfectly safe for tourists! I saw nothing of this civil war when I traveled around there.

[@nicolasbalaguera1809]

Also, Duque, the president after Santos, didn't just "do a bad job at implementing the treaty" he said and i quote "we are going to destroy the peace treaty"

[@jorgewu6225]

Colombia could've been like El Salvador had they continued Uribe's harsh crackdown on guerrilla-turn criminals, but sadly the so-called human rights group ruined its path to forever peace whose only concern is the rights of rebels and drug lords, not that of the victims or common citizens.

[@admiralbrown9334]

Harsh crackdown= murdering thousands of civilians and pretending they were guerrillas.

[@jpinzon191]

There was more than 6000 civilians killed by the goverment to make them pass as guerrilla, thats the people the humanos rights org were worried for. After the peace talks with FARC there was the most peaceful time in Colombia since the the 40s, not filing the gap of power in the rural areas and trying to destroy the peace process agreement it's tha cause of the rise in violence.

[@user-rc9gy7fb3l]

Guatemala, Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia, Mexico, Honduras, Suriname and the United States are corrupt countries with human rights abuses with the potential for political violence, police brutality and war crimes in the Americas.

[@MrAlen6e]

Dude the country had German style inclination camps conducted by paramilitaries who killed innocent farmers and burn their bodies to get rid or evidence. The peace agreement actually allow many rural areas communities to finally see peace. While imperfect many areas can now be visit and tourism is finally taking off in the country after Many decades.

[@manwithnoname2355]

Uribe la cago haciendo los falsos positivos, Colombia estaría mejor si hubiera seguido con su mano dura solamente hacia los verdaderos malos.

[@imgvillasrc1608]

This is what happens when you try to appease gangsters for peace, they take advantage of such kindness. El Salvador learned that the hard way, and decided to go hard on them instead. Look where they are now.

[@admiralbrown9334]

Totally different situation. El Salvador ended their actual civil war with negotiations decades ago.

[@MrAlen6e]

El Salvador has nowhere near the complexities that the Colombian arm conflict has . The country has been battling the war on drugs since the 80s and results show it has been a complete failure.

[@briankim1466]

Clickbait! That’s like saying Chicago southside is at civil war!

[@juancamilorubioarboleda4185]

ni sabía que estábamos en medio de una guerra civil

[@Baddy187]

How can the normal population be cool with groups who openly state they kidnap people and then act on it? Wtf has happened for that to happen? If a group in my country starts to kidnap, if the government won't solve it, we the people will. People get the government they deserve I quess

[@admiralbrown9334]

How are the people supposed to solve it exactly?

[@charlethemagne5466]

​@@admiralbrown9334 he's talking out his ass. I guarantee he's never done anything

[@Baddy187]

@@admiralbrown9334 Maybe by preventing this from escalating many many decades ago? Maybe by fighting corruption? Doing some Bukele stuff? Or maybe, just maybe, stop acting like coca-leaves and it's end product is somehow a Colombian national heritage that deserves respect in any way.

[@Baddy187]

@@charlethemagne5466 I don't need to do anything because my country isn't a place for kidnappings, corruption and cartels. We would not let it become that way, so we don't need drastic actions now. If any group, let alone multiple will kidnap people, you have a failed state. If the government won't put in the effort it's up to the people to act, by voting or by going Paul Kersey. If the people just continue to sit back, I am sorry but they made a grave mistake and their kids will pay for it. What bad situation has ever improved by doing nothing?

[@asscheeks3212]

​@@admiralbrown9334el Salvador

[@julianescobar2395]

As a colombian, Petro is a terrible president who talks nonsense and each crisis is covered by another. He should be ousted

[@admiralbrown9334]

No, he should be allowed to finish his term like in any democracy.

[@ozmodiar5561]

​@@admiralbrown9334true he should be allowed to finish his term and then we will never elect incompetent scum like him ever again. He's the dumbest leftoid president in history, it's like he makes an effort to fail in every possible metric. He's very unintentionally humorous.

[@ozmodiar5561]

@@admiralbrown9334 he should be able to finish his term of course. So we can have a chance in the future to never elect someone as comically incompetent as himself. Of all the leftoid presidents in the world Petro must be the dumbest one by a large margin, he fails at every metric, I would say it takes effort to be that bad but we know for a fact that mr Petro barely works at all he spends most of his time on X posting incoherent rants, or behind closed doors doing who knows what.

[@CarlMarxPunk]

Llore y vera que renuncia mañana

[@ozmodiar5561]

@@CarlMarxPunk es más posible que muera de una sobredosis

[@jairoandreslopezperez8855]

Colombian here I completely agree with this video and the sad thing is that things are BETTER now than some decades ago when nobody dared judging the Cartel leaders because they would kill you and the Guerrillas rule the countryside while the government couldn't do nothing Colombia is one of the best examples of a nation that had everything to thrive but failed because of it's internal problems, and it doesn't help that the government practically has dedicated itself to destroy any trust the citizen haven in them, Petro promised that he would bring a real change for the nation and yet his government is probably the one with more corruption scandals in the recent memory, many people have lost the hope of things getting better and only hope for it not getting worse

[@EpicLoLs89]

What's with the clickbait title?

[@humanbeing4841]

Peace negotiations with radicals ALWAYS end in failure; when will this lesson be learnt?

[@lukehashbarger9936]

well you don’t really hear about the successful ones because the conflict ends and is no longer reported on

[@admiralbrown9334]

Yeah, like the famously failed Northern Ireland peace process.

[@OrionTails]

There's more nuance to that than the oversimplified "you can't negotiate with radicals", a lot of it had already been discussed in the video. Here are the general considerations: Negotiating strength-which could be basically measured as the overall strength of a faction's position. The government will always have the upper hand due to the fact that governments are some of the most potent institutions, but for negotiations to be effective, the advantage for the government should be overwhelming. Political considerations-all sides have factions within them. In the case of the government, there could be the deep state, military, business interests, political parties, powerful dynasties, unions and advocacy groups. All of them needed to be taken into consideration. Trust-in order for a peace deal to work both sides must at least have a semblance of trust that their counterpart could hold their end of the bargain. In all honesty, even the example I've provided is a simplified version of reality.

[@humanbeing4841]

@@admiralbrown9334 The Good Friday Agreement was a massive capitulation and humiliation for the UK. Tony Blair made massive concessions in that agreement; concessions that ultimately resulted in the victory of terrorism.

[@humanbeing4841]

@@lukehashbarger9936 Really? So you see no problem in making concessions to radicals?

[@nevermindmeijustinjectedaw9988]

commies as always

[@johnmcnab4273]

All I want to know is, which factions are the characters in Betty La Fea allied with

[@Garcia-elf]

Hello from Envigado, El Trianon.

[@LucasSchimmel]

As Brazilians we are so insulated from the Hispanics I completely forgot Colombia existed and had a civil war. The one that usually makes us go "uh?" is Venezuela.

[@admiralbrown9334]

That just sounds like you're poorly informed to be honest.

[@LucasSchimmel]

@@admiralbrown9334 It's not an incorrect way to put it, but also not the kindest. We just don't have much contact with the Hispanics, except maybe if you live in a border area and not many people live in the border with Colombia. There just isn't a lot of interest and I assume it's the same for them, there's a green ocean between us and barriers in culture, language, etc.

[@user-rc9gy7fb3l]

Guatemala, Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia, Mexico, Honduras, Suriname and the United States are corrupt countries with human rights abuses with the potential for political violence, police brutality and war crimes in the Americas.

[@sebsvlzr]

It's not. It's a conflict against terrorism.

[@JoseGomez-zy5ih]

It is important to know it isn’t a Civil War. Most of the population, and when I mean most I mean almost the whole population of the country is in the government side, even if it criticises its management or is against its political ideas. Guerrillas and Paramilitaries are more similar to organized criminal groups than to ideological armies. Also, the Colombian Armed Forces are by far superior than any illegal group

[@AndresArias-pm3tn]

There are two Colombias, the red zones and everywhere else, the red zones are in civil war,

[@sufthegoat]

I have co workers that work their in hope it calms down

[@aleshandsome3705]

Colombia: Meanwhile in Colombia University:

[@admiralbrown9334]

Columbia university.

[@jplopez7020]

What civil war? I think you might be confused about the current situation in Colombia. What we have is a guerrilla problem in some parts of the country that has been ongoing for decades and will continue unless people stop using drugs like cocaine. Our country might not have the strongest economy in South America, but we have managed to endure these difficulties and maintain a democracy and in some way stable economy.

[@thatguythatmakestuff3994]

THANKS, EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW, THOSE PEOPLE THAT TALK ABOUT INTERNATIONAL PEACE BETTEE DO SOMETHING

[@jdng86]

0:43 How old was Eazy-E?

[@dvidsilva]

There’s been lots of work by the surviving activists and many of us feel things are going better. The new government is finally not being antagonistic and the power of peace builders increases every day. Fearmorgering and losing hope is paying attention to the propaganda of the people who are losing power now.

[@josarchila2]

Yes... but is a rare one: full of tourists...

[@lloydgush]

Maybe don't reward violence.

[@extrapolate]

The left wing Neo Marxists will never get it

[@diego4lbarracin]

To all foreigners looking forward to visit Colombia, don't think about it twice because I'm pretty sure you will love it. Just make sure to avoid the areas of the country where the ugly things happen :) Pd: I highly recommend to change the title from "Civil War" because it is not exactly a Civil War.