FARC is Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionaries de Colombia (The Revolutionary armed forced of Colombia.
Colombia’s history started with peasants in 1920s and 1930s. “La Violencia” which started with the murder of powerful leader Jorge E. Gaitan about fifty years ago. The United States has always believed in the Colombian …show more content…
The FARC also does gain from kidnapping, schemes and unofficial tax. It is told by protection from the country side and social services. FARC are known as the third richest terrorist group in the world.
2009 The United States news it had been said that the FARC controls 60% of the drug known as cocaine that had been sent to the united states. The Colombian government had a deal with the FARC because they had a history together and the government somehow is responsible for the development of the FARC from the beginning.
In the 50s and 60s Colombia had a lot of civil wars starting between conflicting political parties. But there was a deal that had been called the National Front was made to let them interchange. This agreement had shut down in other parties from political theatrically leaving the poor especially in a social disadvantage and relegation to the fringe of society. Many people ended up joining the FARC whom has promised the poor to overthrow the corrupt government and install a communist regime that would help …show more content…
The FARC had ruled a large territory around Colombia.
Juan Manuel Santos began to run a campaign against FARC and to decrease their ranks. There was more than half to seven thousands of fighters in the year 2013.
FARC’s has an anti-corruption group that is fighting for representations still involves some Colombians. The crimes were chosen by the public. The people in Colombia wanted peace so they would do rallies to end the violence and that lend to FARC and the government to have an agreement about having peace.
In November 19, 2012 Colombia FARC had mention a two month cease fire as the FARC and the Colombian government had their peace talk in Havana.
President Andres Pastranas’s completed by the Bogota followed by the FARC’s plane hijacking and also kidnapping the Colombian senator from the aircraft.
In September 23, 2010 the government of Colombia proclaimed the kill of Manuel Julio Suarez Rojas was known as “El Mono Jo Joy” he was second in charged in the FARC. When “El Mono Jo Joy” died it was the biggest blow beside the so called terrorist (FARC) in the history