Fórmulas por mutuo acuerdo: Veintiún años continuos de dictaduras militar y bipartidista en colombia, 1953-1974

This paper sets out the customary actions regarding power struggle that political élites and the Colombian bourgeoisie undertook between the 50’s and 60’s in order to restore the position they held before General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla’s coup d’état and subsequent military dictatorship. For that, a common agreement known as Frente Nacional (National Front) was created. It was a “peace granting” formula which, in theory, articulated dictatorship terms and consociationalism; these qualitative variables unleashed political remnants from some polarization and violence incidents in the country that still have consequences toda