FARC
Jungle insurgent group
FARC is the acronym for Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), a Marxist guerrilla organization that waged insurgency against the Colombian government from 1964 until a 2016 peace accord.
The group funded operations through kidnapping, extortion, and cocaine trafficking, and is designated a terrorist organization by several countries.
FARC controlled large swaths of rural Colombia for decades.
Irregular armed fighter
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
- kidnappingUnlawful seizure of person
- extortionObtaining through threats
- cocaineAddictive stimulant narcotic
narcotrafficking · hostages · displacement · atrocities · massacres · landmines · combat · ambush
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
class struggle · agrarian reform · anti-imperialism · leftist · vanguard · peasant · proletariat · radicalism
Colombia's capital city
- MetaRenamed social network conglomerate
- AmazonGreek warrior women
- AndesSouth American western range
- campesinoSpanish-speaking rural farmer
rural · coca · government · military · AUC · Santos · civil war · Latin America
Agreed halt to fighting
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
- demobilizationEnding wartime military readiness
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
amnesty · reintegration · dialogue · Santos · reparations · victims · truth commission · settlement
guerrilla
Irregular armed fighter
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
- kidnappingUnlawful seizure of person
- extortionObtaining through threats
cocaine · narcotrafficking · hostages · displacement · atrocities · massacres · landmines · combat · ambush · demobilization
Marxism
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
revolution · class struggle · agrarian reform · anti-imperialism · leftist · vanguard · peasant · proletariat · radicalism · political change
Bogotá
Colombia's capital city
campesino · rural · coca · government · military · AUC · Santos · civil war · Latin America · South America
ceasefire
Agreed halt to fighting
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
- demobilizationEnding wartime military readiness
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
negotiation · amnesty · reintegration · dialogue · Santos · reparations · victims · truth commission · settlement · accord
FARCpeace process
Efforts to end hostilities
demobilization · disarmament · reconciliation · ceasefire · reintegration
- tragic farceCalamity rendered absurd
- comedic farceAbsurd humor through exaggeration
- theatrical farceExaggerated comedic stage production