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History. The ELN guerrilla movement began in the 1960s, when Colombia was recovering from a bloody period of political violence, and when various social and intellectual movements were influenced by the Cold War and the Cuban Revolution.
Jun 18, 2024
Aug 6, 2024 · 'Colombian internal armed conflict') began on May 27, 1964, and is a low-intensity asymmetric war between the government of Colombia, far-right paramilitary ...
Nov 16, 2024 · Formed in 1964 as the military wing of the Colombian Communist Party (Partido Comunista de Colombia; PCC), the FARC is the largest of Colombia's rebel groups, ...
Jun 11, 2024 · In fact, before the triumph of the Cuban revolution, there had only been one experience of Marxist-inspired guerrilla warfare in the region, and that was in ...
Sep 18, 2024 · If Marquetalia, a hamlet in Tolima state, was the mythical birthplace of the FARC, the government's persecution made the Pato River basin its historical refuge.
Apr 13, 2024 · Indeed, Colombia itself offered, based on a history of communist guerrilla struggle predating the Cuban Revolution by 10 years,86 strong evidence of widespread ...
Aug 8, 2024 · The National Liberation Army (Spanish: Ejército de Liberación Nacional, ELN) is a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla insurgency group involved in the continuing ...
Sep 7, 2024 · The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, is another key player in the Colombian drug war. This guerrilla group, founded in 1964, initially fought ...
Oct 22, 2024 · M-19, Colombian Marxist guerrilla group that coalesced in 1973–74 and demobilized in 1990, transforming into a legitimate political party, ...
Mar 19, 2024 · Founded in 2007, they amalgamated former right-wing paramilitary commanders with veterans of leftist guerrilla movements. Today, dozens of former FARC members ...