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Also known as: Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
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Category: History & Society
Abbreviation of Spanish:
Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (“Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia”)
Date:
1964 - present
Areas Of Involvement:
Marxism
communism
terrorism
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FARC, Marxist guerrilla organization in Colombia. 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. The FARC supports a redistribution of wealth from the wealthy to the poor and opposes the influence that multinational corporations and foreign governments (particularly the United States) have had on Colombia. The FARC has carried out bombings, assassinations, hijackings, and other armed attacks against various political and economic targets in the ...(100 of 1230 words)

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