And it may hit us worse than anything that has come before it.


Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón is a researcher at the African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR) at the University of Cape Town and a resea... rch Associate at the Department of Political and International Studies at Rhodes University.
And it may hit us worse than anything that has come before it.

The country could slip into another cycle of violence if the government continues to ignore people’s grievances.
![Demonstrators take part in a protest against the tax reform of President Ivan Duque's government in Bogota, Colombia on May 1, 2021 [Reuters/Luisa Gonzalez]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-05-01T192636Z_1568779049_RC277N9547YE_RTRMADP_3_COLOMBIA-PROTESTS.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
It is through recognising the victimsation on both sides of the conflict that historic cycles of vio
![Some 220,000 people have died in Colombia's decade-long conflict [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/20148410713170734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)