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where the State’s presence was weak or even nonexistent . Thus, this extreme rationality
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and adaptability shown at all levels (economic, military and political) by both illegal actors
lead us to consider particularly efficacious the definition of post-modern conflict related to
the Colombian case. Inside it, as Duffield noticed, has been developed a complex network
system not exclusively reducible to concepts as those of terrorism and crime. Such an error
in evaluation would risk negatively affecting the pursuit of a real and enduring solution to the
long conflict that has been lacerating the Colombian society for such a long time.

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