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{{Evil Organization | {{Evil Organization | ||
|Box title = Evil Organization | |Box title = Evil Organization | ||
| | |image = [[File:FARC.png|thumb|400px]] | ||
|fullname = Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army | |fullname = Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army | ||
|alias = Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia—Ejército del Pueblo<br>FARC<br>FARC-EP | |alias = Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia—Ejército del Pueblo<br>FARC<br>FARC-EP | ||
|origin = Colombia | |origin = Colombia | ||
|foundation = 1964 | |foundation = 1964 | ||
|headquarters = Casa Verde, Colombia | |headquarters = Casa Verde, Colombia | ||
|commanders = [[Manuel Marulanda]] | |commanders = [[Manuel Marulanda]] | ||
|agents = [[Alfonso Cano]]<br>[[Timoleón Jiménez]]<br>[[Simón Trinidad]]<br>[[Jorge Enrique Rodríguez]]<br>[[Fabián Ramírez]]<br>[[Gerardo Aguilar Ramírez]]<br>[[Tomás Medina Caracas]]<br>[[Martín Caballero]] | |||
|skills = Guerilla warfare tactics | |skills = Guerilla warfare tactics | ||
|goals = Turn Colombia into a communist state (failed) | |goals = Turn Colombia into a [[Communism|communist]] state (failed) | ||
|crimes = | |crimes = War crimes | ||
|type of villains =Anarchists | |type of villains = Anarchists | ||
}} | |||
The '''Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army''' (Spanish: ''Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo''), also known by the acronym of '''FARC''' or '''FARC-EP''', | The '''Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army''' (Spanish: ''Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo''), also known by the acronym of '''FARC''' or '''FARC-EP''', is a Marxist–Leninist revolutionary guerrilla organization based in Colombia, which is involved in the nearly five decade ongoing [[Colombian Conflict]]. | ||
FARC-EP is a peasant army which has proclaimed itself to be a revolutionary agrarian, anti-imperialist Marxist-Leninist organization of Bolivarian inspiration. It claims to represent the rural poor in a struggle against Colombia's wealthier classes, and opposes United States influence in Colombia (e.g. Plan Colombia), neo-imperialism, monopolization of natural resources by multinational corporations, and paramilitary or government violence. It funds itself principally through ransom | FARC-EP is a peasant army which has proclaimed itself to be a revolutionary agrarian, anti-imperialist Marxist-Leninist organization of Bolivarian inspiration. It claims to represent the rural poor in a struggle against Colombia's wealthier classes, and opposes United States influence in Colombia (e.g. Plan Colombia), neo-imperialism, monopolization of natural resources by multinational corporations, and paramilitary or government violence. It funds itself principally through ransom kidnappings, gold mining and taxation of the [[Illegal Drug Trade|illegal drug trade]]. | ||
FARC | FARC officially disbanded in June 2017 after agreeing to peace negotiations with the Colombian government the previous year. However, thousands of FARC dissidents still take on FARC's original doctrine and continue with drug trafficking and occasional guerrilla attacks. | ||
It is rumored FARC was involved in the financing and training of guerrilla fighters for the [[Paraguayan People's Army]], a Marxist organization that has been waging an insurgency in Paraguay since 2005. At least one FARC officer, [[Orley Jurado Palomino]], has been confirmed as being involved with the group. | |||
==Human rights violations== | ==Human rights violations== | ||
FARC was accused of committing [[war crimes]] and violations of human rights by numerous groups, including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the United Nations as well as by the Colombian, U.S. and European Union governments. | FARC was accused of committing [[war crimes]] and violations of human rights by numerous groups, including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the United Nations as well as by the Colombian, U.S. and European Union governments. | ||
A February 2005 report from the United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights mentioned that, during 2004, "FARC-EP continued to commit grave breaches [of human rights] such as murders of protected persons, | A February 2005 report from the United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights mentioned that, during 2004, "FARC-EP continued to commit grave breaches [of human rights] such as murders of protected persons, torture and hostage-taking, which affected many civilians, including men, women, returnees, boys and girls, and ethnic groups." | ||
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*The FARC-EP has employed a type of improvised mortars made from gas canisters (or cylinders), when launching attacks. According to Human Rights Watch, the FARC-EP has killed civilians not involved in the conflict through the use of gas cylinder mortars and its use of landmines. | *The FARC-EP has employed a type of improvised mortars made from gas canisters (or cylinders), when launching attacks. According to Human Rights Watch, the FARC-EP has killed civilians not involved in the conflict through the use of gas cylinder mortars and its use of landmines. | ||
*FARC sometimes threatened or assassinated indigenous Colombian leaders for attempting to prevent FARC incursions into their territory and resisting the forcible recruitment by FARC of indigenous youth. Between 1986 and 2001, FARC was responsible for 27 assassinations, 15 threats, and 14 other abuses of indigenous people in Antioquia Department. | *FARC sometimes threatened or assassinated indigenous Colombian leaders for attempting to prevent FARC incursions into their territory and resisting the forcible recruitment by FARC of indigenous youth. Between 1986 and 2001, FARC was responsible for 27 assassinations, 15 threats, and 14 other abuses of indigenous people in Antioquia Department. | ||
[[Category:List]] | [[Category:List]] | ||
[[Category:Organizations]] | [[Category:Organizations]] | ||
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[[Category:Xenophobes]] | [[Category:Xenophobes]] | ||
[[Category:Modern Villains]] | [[Category:Modern Villains]] | ||
[[Category:Evil vs | [[Category:Evil vs Evil]] | ||
[[Category:War Criminal]] | [[Category:War Criminal]] | ||
[[Category:Drug Dealers]] | [[Category:Drug Dealers]] | ||
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[[Category:Latin American Villains]] | [[Category:Latin American Villains]] | ||
[[Category:Communist]] | [[Category:Communist]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Racists]] | ||