Political elites and territorial peace in Colombia: a discourse analysis of the Peace Agreement

One of the reflections that best characterizes the Peace Agreement signed between the Colombian Government and the FARC guerrilla group in November 2016 is perhaps that peace must be given a territorial approach in order to make it stable and long-lasting. However, what does territorial peace mean? Through the analysis of the discourse of some protagonists directly involved in the Agreement, this work shows that there are different ways of understanding the scope and meaning of territorial peace in Colombia, depending on the actor that interprets it. Accordingly, territorial peace spans from an approach close to the most radical and comprehensive democracy, to one according to which the Agreement entails a free transfer n November of power for the FARC, or even the need to overcome the objective causes of violence and the promotion of institutional strengthening.