If the concept of democracy is “government of the people, by the people and for the people” – as was stated in the introductory chapter – what is the rationale behind a democratic state that is accused by Amnesty International and the United Nations (UN) of recurrent violations of human rights, that has allowed almost 10 per cent of its population (about 3 million people) to be forcibly displaced, that is contending for first place in the world as a cocaine producer and that has had an internal, armed political conflict for 60 years, among other associated problems?