Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)

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The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group and insurgent organization that waged a decades-long armed conflict against the Colombian state before demobilizing under a 2016 peace agreement.

All labels observed (8)

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Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former terrorist organization ⓘ
guerrilla organization ⓘ
armedWing FARC-EP ⓘ
conflict Colombian armed conflict ⓘ
Colombian conflict (1960s–present) ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
designatedAsTerroristOrganizationBy Canada ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
United States ⓘ
endTime 2017 ⓘ
enteredInto peace negotiations with the Government of Colombia ⓘ
financedBy extortion of businesses ⓘ
kidnapping for ransom ⓘ
narcotics trade ⓘ
foundedBy Jacobo Arenas ⓘ
Manuel Marulanda ⓘ
goal agrarian reform in Colombia ⓘ
overthrow of the Colombian state ⓘ
socialist revolution in Colombia ⓘ
hasPart FARC-EP Secretariat ⓘ
headquartersLocation rural Colombia ⓘ
ideology Bolivarianism ⓘ
Guevarism ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
involvedIn drug trafficking ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
nativeLabel Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia ⓘ
notableEvent demobilization and disarmament process 2016–2017 ⓘ
notableLeader Alfonso Cano ⓘ
Manuel Marulanda ⓘ
Raúl Reyes ⓘ
Timoleón Jiménez ⓘ
operatingArea Colombian jungles ⓘ
Colombian mountains ⓘ
Colombian rural areas ⓘ
opposedTo Colombian security forces ⓘ
Government of Colombia ⓘ
partOf Latin American revolutionary movements ⓘ
peaceAgreementDate 2016 ⓘ
peakStrength around 20,000 fighters ⓘ
politicalPosition far-left ⓘ
resultedIn demobilization of FARC combatants ⓘ
disarmament under UN supervision ⓘ
shortName FARC ⓘ
signed 2016 Colombian peace agreement ⓘ
startTime 1964 ⓘ
successorOrganization Common Alternative Revolutionary Force ⓘ
transformedInto Common Alternative Revolutionary Force ⓘ
usedTactic bombing ⓘ
extortion ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
hostage-taking ⓘ
kidnapping ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hugo Carvajal → notableAllegedConnection → Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) ⓘ
Colombian armed conflict → hasParticipant → Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Ingrid Betancourt → kidnappedBy → Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Ingrid Betancourt → kidnappedBy → FARC ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia → hasPart → FARC-EP Secretariat ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia → armedWing → FARC-EP ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia → nativeLabel → Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia → shortName → FARC ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Plan Colombia → opposedBy → Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) ⓘ
Havana peace talks → participant → FARC-EP ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Havana peace talks → participant → FARC Secretariat ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)