Peasant struggles and resistances in Colombia

Abstract

This article deals with presenting the struggles and resistance of the peasant movements in Colombia from a historical, social and political perspective, taking into account that the tensions that are experienced in the rural social and political scenario arise mainly from the contradictions of the capitalist order. in force, based on a model of production and accumulation that has been imposed by blood and fire on communities in rural areas through agrarian policies drawn up unilaterally by the State.

The economic and social structure of the country is essentially based on the subordination and dispossession of the peasantry, so recognizing and making visible its history of resistance against the harmful rural development policies implemented by the different governments implies addressing the roots of a conflict sociopolitical that sinks its roots in the violent concentration of land ownership and ignorance of the ways of life and production of peasant communities.

In this context, peasant resistance struggles have been cemented throughout history in multiple political proposals against the distribution and use of land, such as the Peasant Colonies and later the Peasant Reserve Zones, accompanied by mobilizations and de facto actions. oriented to the defense of life and territories.