Human Intelligence Factors

The FARC is Colombia’s largest terror group. The FARC was established in 1964. The FARC began with farmers and agricultural workers who abandoned their positions to fight inequalities in Colombia. The FARC revolves around a Marxist-Leninist ideology. The FARCs early establishment suffered losses within its organization due to consistent military raids conducted by the Columbian Forces in order to disrupt or destroy the group. As the fight continued, those losses changed the leadership constantly through the years. The FARC has adapted and overcame many obstacles as the Colombian Government continues its fight against the terror group. As the fight continued through the years, the FARCs ability to change their tactics and weapons advanced. With more powerful weapons through the years and their ability to become more organized, the FARCs ability to fight back became more powerful.

From the perspective of Colombia, the Colombian government was desperate for foreign aid and international support. Accordingly, the leadership of Colombia was more than eager to permit the United States to become closely involved in the development of a Colombian public policy initiative, even if they risked losing other potential supporters and garnering international criticism (Carpenter, 2003). Also, the peoples of Colombia themselves were favoring a movement for change after more than

Historically, Colombia has opposed the ELN and their attempts at gaining power within the country. However, there has been corruption by government and military officials. The corruption comes in the way of support for the ELN (Stanford, 2012). Regardless of the corruption, the Colombian government is currently making strides to begin peace talks with the ELN in 2014; however, no specific dates have been established. (Insight crime, n.d.).

An organized crime group or terrorist group known as FARC is scattered across in remote rural areas or dense jungles throughout Colombia. The FARC is still active, but significantly weakened. The FARC is fifty-three years old and is considered the oldest and largest guerrilla group in Columbia. The dense history behind the origins of FARC dates back sixty-nine years ago. Drug trafficking and kidnapping were not the heart of this group, but instead it was the message of political revolution.

The main ambition of the FARC has been to create upheaval through bombings and political demonstrations (UNRIC, 2016). These rebellions continued well after the Escobar reign and into the 2000s. Demonstrations were put on by Colombian nationals in order to hold the FARC back, but to little avail. However, in 2012 the FARC announced that they would no longer be committing kidnappings and released many victims. It was at this time, though, that they began attacking infrastructure, mainly the energy sector (UNRIC, 2016). The FARC had already been stunting the conservation of biodiversity, playing into the heavy deforestation in Colombia because of the illegal drug trade, and holding Colombia back from fulling taking advantage of their resources by making many areas of the country no-go areas due to the threat of violence. After over 200 attacks, however, the FARC began to deteriorate and talks of a ceasefire and peace were on the

Although there is a lack of organizations involved in this fight, the United States was involved to stop this group because they don’t want Las FARC to overthrow the government and spread communist ideas. The involvement of the United States in the war on las FARC has been tremendous. The United States has sent troops and money to the Colombian government because they don’t the rebels to win; plus the United States and Colombia have really peaceful relations. Also the country of Colombia itself has attempted to to support rural redevelopment in Colombia, and that could potentially cost at least 45 million dollars over ten years (CFR). A lot of Colombia’s budget has been used to stop and have peace with Las FARC; many damages and also military debt had to be paid because of the fighting with them. Also the victims have also been given reparations from the suffering that they had in FARC prisons, people would starve to death or just get shot. One of the biggest issues of this topic though is that not many Americans know about this issue that has been going on in Colombia for the past fifty years. The richest rebel group in the world is not known by many Americans. One thing Americans should is mention this problem in literature because people need to know about this issue. If Communism ever gets spread again it

The United States and Colombia have had a long standing relationship through the course of history. There have been trade agreements signed by the two parties; also negotiations have taken part in regard to development strategies on the part of the US to promote the rule of Democracy and it’s institutions in Colombia, where illegal armed forces sought to control many aspects of the country’s development. Aside from trade agreements the United States and Columbia have also had agreements related to the protection of the environment, renewable energy, control of chemical weapons, and so on. We are going to discuss these concepts in more detail throughout the paper to determine the socio-economic and political relations between the two countries, and try to create a perspective for the future of the relationship between them.

The long lasting democratic government of Colombia is the fifth largest in all of Latin America. Here, the economy is characterized by steady growth and an increase in the diversified internationalized

The beauty of Colombia is no match for the darkness that hides inside. Unable to flourish into a country of prosperity that can showcase what nature has given them but a place tied to the past with violence. Soon The FARC stepped up to shake not only terror into the government but also the people of Colombia. They have killed and kidnapped locals, tourists and government officials for decades now they have begun recruiting children in their ranks. For four years the FARC have been speaking in negotiations with President Santos over the possibility of peace for everyone. On October 2nd of this year a little bit of half of Colombians voted for no peace with the FARC (News). The people didn’t want to allow a communist group of individuals who have harmed families, killed their loved ones and go hand in hand with trafficking into their lives. They have devoted themselves to violence and become a nuisance to the Colombian government.

“FARC began as a rural movement, but has gradually driven into bases deep inside Colombia’s near-impenetrable jungles, some of which are almost the size of Switzerland” (O’Keeffe 2). The Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia is Colombia’s oldest and largest Marxist insurgency. Their ideology is Bolivarianism, meaning that they believe in social protection for the lower classes.

This disconnect is a unique facet of Colombia’s Political and Social Relations. The FARC’s numbers have dropped substantially, from 18,000 in 2002 to about 8,000 at present, showing the FARC’s lost momentum and support of the people.. This eventuality indicates that the FARC will not seize control of the country; however it is important to note that they still play an important role in the power dynamic of the country. The organization does not maintain sociopolitical influence by official or legal means, but by the control they have over Colombians at a micro level. For example, the FARC’s supply of narcotics to Colombians, intimidation to support FARC (financing and recruitment), and the economic incentive to cultivate coca to support the lucrative drug trade. In addition to the internal political environment; foreign nations and the United Nations Security Council play an important part in Colombian politics. Peace negotiations have been in progress for the past four years, and at the end of 2015, a tentative peace agreement began to be implemented. Nations, such as the US, intervene in the conflict to support their own national interests, which in turn shapes the political domain of Colombia, as political power is influenced by external factors, and not just the actors within Colombia.

In Armario Christine’s article about Colombian politics she explains what is happening with the former rebels of that nation. He starts out by talking about the basics, the former rebels are forming a new political party associated with FARC, but then he moves on into the big issue in Colombia, should they let a new party be formed especially with their criminal record. She uses a quote to show that this is an issue in Colombia, it was said by the former peace commissioner Camilo “The fact that a war criminal could become president of Colombia makes no sense”. Mr. Armario uses a very informative tone to get the point and inform America on what is happening in Colombia, he also integrates some informal language to help Americans to understand

In fact, the FARC has become increasingly violent throughout its recent history, “today it plants land mines, takes police stations, and ambushes army patrols.” In order to protect themselves, landowners and drug cartels (who had become wealthy and, therefore, targets for guerrilla kidnappings) formed paramilitary death squads. The government fueled the flames, particularly under President Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010) by subtly endorsing and cooperating with these paramilitary squads, who claimed to be anti-communist, in order to eliminate the guerrilla influence. To do so, paramilitary groups invaded rural, peasant villages, and massacred the inhabitants, who were accused of sympathizing with guerrillas. The result was an increasingly violent, hostile war that pitted government-endorsed paramilitary organizations and drug cartels against the leftist guerrillas. The guerrillas target wealthy individuals in the city, whilst the paramilitary organizations target the poor, rural peasants, in a conflict that has overwhelmed Colombia and resulted in the shocking statistics in the introduction to this essay. Thus, historically, Colombia had been unable to peacefully resolve conflicts between guerrilla groups and the

Colombia is a Latin American country located in South America that has been ravaged by violence, starvation, and large-scale inequality between higher and lower classes. The chaos in Colombia has been between rebel forces and the government and has lasted for over fifty years. These rebel forces have fought to achieve their Liberalist lead goals of overthrowing the current democratic government of Colombia and replacing it with a communist government. La Violencia was the main contributor to the conflict between the resistance fighters of Colombia and the Colombian government that has brought on violence and terror from the violent actions between the Liberal and Conservative parties in the 1950’s. , which has directly brought on the violence and terror from the guerrilla groups.

Later in August 2012, President Juan Manuel Santos said talks have begun over a new peace process. Finally, the 26 of September 2016, President Santos and FARC leader Timochenko signed the agreement at a ceremony in Cartagena” ("Colombia's FARC rebels - 50 years of conflict - BBC News",