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Summary: The Fuerzas Armadas De Colombia

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The Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) rebelled against the arranged Government in 1964. Besides their intentions were helping the lower marginalized class in the beginning, they turned to extreme methods to meet their goals, such as kidnapping, assassinations, and drug trafficking. This conflict has been ongoing for over 50 years, but last year a ceasefire agreement was signed, which polarized the population because it provided amnesty and even financial aid for FARC members, who many believe to be terrorists. The main origin about the war in Colombia was the possession of the land in order to obtain power (Padilla, L.,2015). Unfortunately, those who received the worst part were the civilians. …show more content…

This communist guerrilla supported the expropriation of land for those who wanted to work it, and they were pretended to do it in the way that the “oligarchies” left them, whether through politics or violence. After some political changes and killings, the guerrilla proclaimed in 1960 that its objectives would be achieved through weapons and violence. After that, the Conservative Government tried to end the movement but what they did was to give rise to the FARC movement in 1964 (Molano, A., 2007). One important point is that the main FARC founders were small farmers and land workers who had joined together to fight against the levels of inequality in Colombia. Because of that, a lot of poor rural people joined to this movement which promised lands and “justice” at that time. Whereas the National Front ended at 1974, FARC continued to grow in numbers, reaching its 20.700 members (Noticias RCN.com, 2004), gaining popularity and becoming rich and dependent in drug trafficking, extortion, and other illegal

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