Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - Wikipedia The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo, FARC–EP or FARC) was a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group [15] involved in the continuing Colombian conflict starting in 1964
FARC | History Peace Deal | Britannica Formed in 1964 as the military wing of the Colombian Communist Party (Partido Comunista de Colombia; PCC), the FARC is the largest of Colombia’s rebel groups, estimated to possess some 10,000 armed soldiers and thousands of supporters, largely drawn from Colombia’s rural areas
Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - Wikipedia, la . . . Las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia-Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP) fueron una organización guerrillera insurgente colombiana de extrema izquierda, basada en la ideología y los principios del marxismo-leninismo, [11] [12] [13] y del bolivarianismo [14] [15]
National Counterterrorism Center | Terrorist Groups The FARC-EP conducts armed assaults, assassinations, extortion operations, and hostage-takings The group focuses most of its attacks on Colombian Government and military targets but also attacks critical infrastructure, Colombia’s civilian population, and—occasionally—US military personnel in the country
27 replies on “FARC” - InSight Crime The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia — FARC) were Colombia’s largest irregular army They operated in various regions of the country in search of resources to finance their nearly 50-year war against the State
EXPLAINER: What are Colombia’s ex-FARC splinter groups? The FARC holdouts newly designated by the United States as foreign terrorist organizations are the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army – known by the Spanish acronym of FARC-EP --- and Segunda Marquetalia
The Evolution of the FARC: A Guerrilla Groups Long History On the rich and violent soil of those conflicts lie the origins of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country's most powerful present-day guerrilla group
Colombia and the FARC | World History - Lumen Learning The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People’s Army (FARC) is a guerrilla movement involved in the continuing Colombian armed conflict since 1964 It was formed by Manuel Marulanda Vélez in the aftermath of the Lleras government’s unsuccessful attacks on communist communities