The Relationship Between the Patriotic Union and the Communist Party of Colombia between 1987 and 1990
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between the Patriotic Union (UP) and the Communist Party of Colombia (PCC) in the Colombian left wing in the context of the transformations that this political field experienced following Perestroika, between 1985 and 1990. To analyze the UP- PCC relationship, we will consider two elements: First, the historical contexts under which both the PCC and the UP were conceived and constituted as forces of the political left-wing. Secondly, the position of both the PCC and the UP on the use of violence and their support to the FARC, on the one hand, and on the other, the reading that each organization assumed following the changes in the USSR following the Perestroika. Throughout the paper and after posing the main objective, the most important conclusion is that the UP attempted to create distance and depart from the ideals of the PCC. This distancing process was initiated by the UP’s conception of the national and international reality, away from traditional forms of political participation in the PCC’s repertoire, but whose process was left unfinished following the murder of Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa.
Keywords:
Left-wing, Perestroika, Violence, Democracy, Socialism
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