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Matthew Walker GE497:01 Geopolitics of Terror Spring 2009

Colombia’s Terror Tripartite

Colombia is a republic in northwest South America, that continent’s fourth largest country by land area, and it’s second most populous, behind Brazil. Colombia’s history since independence has been a violent one, especially since the rise of the modern drug trade. The primary anti-government and paramilitary/terrorist organizations in Colombia’s recent history are the FARC, ELN, and AUC. Thought different in ideological practices, many of their tactics are similar. FARC The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, was organized in the 1960s as the military wing of the Colombian Communist Party. (1) Proclaiming Marxist-Leninist teachings, FARC remains the largest and oldest insurgent group in the Americas. FARC is composed of a primarily military structure of Bolivarian inspiration…

ELN The National Liberation Army AUC United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia

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