National anthems echo a shared history, but these tunes are not immune to change. Throughout the Americas, modifications to national songs demonstrate solidarity across borders.
It remains to be seen whether this new compromise [between the Colombian government and the FARC] will serve to widen the consensus surrounding the peace process and clear the route toward the dissolution of the insurgency or, rather, open the door to a new phase of political polarization and keep Colombia trapped on shaky ground created by the failure to keep the promise to end the armed conflict.
