Corrupt Issues in Colombia:
one political issue in Colombia is corrupt issues. Corrupt practices have always been a major problem in Colombia, but rarely has the country produced so much graft-related news in such a short period of time. There were reports that 48 thousand government officials, including 800 mayors and 30 governors, were being investigated for corruption. There were also expressed concerns about the political and institutional effects of the intense clashes between the high courts and the executive branch, mostly over corruption investigations.Many of the corruption accusations in the Uribe years have targeted the president’s supporters. In Colombia’s polarized climate, government integrity turned into a nasty political issue.One obvious effect of corruption is to weaken the citizenry already fragile trust in the government and to deepen political's lack of concern.Corruption is also endangering Colombia’s fight against drug trafficking and criminal violence.
Guerrilla Warfare and the Peace Process:
another political issue in Colombia is the political tension between the conservative right and progressive left came to a head in La Violencia, a period during which an estimated 250,000 people died. La Violencia was resolved by the formation of a National Front in which the two main political parties, the Liberal and Conservative Parties. Several guerrilla groups emerged due to continued social, economic and political problems, including the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia. Peace talks between the FARC and the Colombian government commenced in Havana, Cuba, in November 2012. The negotiations focus on five agenda items: agrarian reform (including access to land); political participation for FARC members; drug trafficking; reparation for victims of the conflict; and the logistics of ending the armed conflict. The government and the FARC announced in May 2013 that an agreement had been reached on agrarian reform, which included a land fund to redistribute illegally held or underused land to displaced people. Negotiations continue with varying degrees of optimism on a successful outcome.