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) is a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group [15] involved in the continuing Colombian conflict starting in 1964.
FARC | History & Peace Deal | Britannica
2024年11月16日 · 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.
Who are the Farc? - BBC News
2016年6月23日 · The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc, after the initials in Spanish) are Colombia's largest rebel group. They were founded in 1964 as the armed wing of the Communist Party and...
History of FARC - Wikipedia
FARC was formed in 1964 by Manuel Marulanda Vélez and other PCC members, after a military attack on the community of Marquetalia. 16,000 Colombian troops, backed by the U.S., attacked the village of 1,000 inhabitants, only 48 of whom were armed. Marulanda and 47 others fought against government forces at Marquetalia, and then escaped into the ...
Colombia’s Civil Conflict | Council on Foreign Relations
2017年1月11日 · A peace process between the government and leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (known by its Spanish acronym, FARC), the country’s largest insurgent group, halted the violence...
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.
US removes Colombia’s FARC from terrorism blacklist
2021年11月30日 · The US State Department has removed the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known by the acronym the FARC, from its terrorism blacklist, and listed two dissident groups led by...
Does the FARC still exist? Challenges in Assessing Colombia’s ’Post ...
2020年10月22日 · Three years ago last month, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas formally completed demobilization, marking the end of their 53-year conflict with the Colombian...
FARC (political party) | Colombia Reports
2018年12月1日 · The FARC is a Marxist political party that was at war with Colombia’s state as a guerrilla organization between 1964 and 2016. The organization was formed by communist farmers in central Colombia in the aftermath of “La Violencia” and in the midst of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The Evolution of the FARC: A Guerrilla Group's 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.