As with peace processes in the Middle East and Central America following the Cold War’s end, regional changes created the conditions for the start of the Colombian process. But, in the Middle East and Central America, external actors – the United States and the Soviet Union – produced the change; in the case of the Colombian process, the change came from within.
正如中东和中美洲随着冷战的结束迎来和平进程一样，地区变化创造了开启哥伦比亚和平进程的条件。但是，在中东和中美洲，是外部行为人——美国和苏联——推动了变化；而在哥伦比亚进程中，变化产生于内部。