The column titled "Broad Front or National Front" was published on September 17, 2025, in Cambio magazine. It reflects on the 2026 presidential campaign in Colombia, marked by personalism and a lack of collective projects, in which social media and public confrontation have taken center stage.
It is noteworthy that, while the left seeks to consolidate its unity within the Historic Pact with parties such as the Patriotic Union, the Communist Party, Humane Colombia, Progressives, and the Alternative Democratic Pole, on the right, meetings are taking place between leaders of traditional parties such as César Gaviria (Liberal), Germán Vargas Lleras (Radical Change), Efraín Cepeda (Conservative), Dilian Francisca Toro (Party of the U), Juan Manuel Galán (New Liberalism), and Álvaro Uribe (Democratic Center). These alliances evoke memories of the National Front that governed the country for several decades in the 20th century.
The text reviews the historical origins of the National Front after Gustavo Rojas Pinilla's coup in 1953, and how this pact between Alberto Lleras Camargo and Laureano Gómez resulted in prolonged political exclusion that closed spaces for popular, youth, and leftist sectors, leading to the emergence of guerrilla groups in the 1960s.
A parallel is also drawn between this power-sharing scheme and subsequent political dynamics, including the influence of drug trafficking, the neoliberalism of the 1990s, and the role of Álvaro Uribe and Juan Manuel Santos in processes that reshaped the national landscape. According to the column, some leaders are seeking to revive a "National Front 2.0" that would limit the political participation of alternative sectors.
The final reflection indicates that, in the face of attempts to revive exclusionary agreements, the challenge for the left and other sectors is to build a Broad Front with clear rules and transparent agreements, which will continue the pacification of the country through territorial investment and a broader inclusion of Colombia's social and political diversity.