Stages of the armed conflict in Colombia: towards post-conflict

This article discusses the stages in which has been a development in the Colombian armed conflict from a theoretical perspective that establishes that a conflict has its own life cycle, where it reaches a peak and even violent, then decreases, disappears and in some cases reappears, according to the approach by Jose M. Tortosa, El largo camino. De la violencia a la paz. The conflict in Colombia has been developed in three stages: the initial, intermediate and final, with a few challenges inherent in each one of them. However, the final stage known as the post-conflict situations will be the longest, costly and that will involve the largest number of challenges.