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The Revolutionary Armed Forces Of Colombia

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(U) The purpose of this paper is to highlight The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and their fight to equality. In 1964 Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) were established. In the U.S., we know them as The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. This the name they use now but was originally named the Sothern Bloc. They surfaced because of the civil war from 1948 to 1958, known as La Violencia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People 's Army, 2017). After the civil war, many of the population felt neglected by their government (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People 's Army, 2017). With this neglection, FARC took it upon themselves to fight for equality in the rural parts of Colombia. This is their …show more content…

FARC started providing educational and medical services to loyal communities, training militants for combat, and carrying out attacks (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People 's Army, 2017). FARC had serval more conferences and changed the name to FARC-EP. EP stands for Ejército del Pueblo which means People’s Army. However, the U.S. still refers to them as the FARC. As time progressed, FRAC has cycled through several leaders. With the death of their first leader Manuel Marulanda, to the most recent leader Rodrigo Londono Echeverri, better known by his alias Timochenko (Who are the FARC, 2016).
(U) The FARC expansion and change of strategies allowed their number to grow. Anyone could join the FARC including women and children. “Everyone that did join did voluntarily (Who are the FARC, 2016).” “As of 2016, FARC had about Twenty-One children under the age of fifteen (Who are the FARC, 2016).” “At their height, which was in 2000 the FARC had roughly around twenty thousand active fighters (Who are the FARC, 2016).” The Security force was roughly six thousand through seven thousand. That number does not include the eight thousand civilians who support FARC (Who are the FARC, 2016). With this number, FARC has to figure out a way to separate themselves in order to complete

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