Dr. Roddy Brett, Professor at the Universidad del Rosario in Colombia, presents on the role and impact of social movements in the context of Guatemala’s peace process. The success of those social movements were a key aspect of the country’s process of democratization and resolution of its protracted and genocidal internal armed conflict (1960-1996). The presentation argues that the evolution of strategic nonviolent conflict was characterized not only by a shift in the identity of movement activists, but also a change in the strategies that movements used, as they increasingly engaged in formal mechanisms accompanying the peace process and participated in the state and political parties.

Dr. Roddy Brett