Definition of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

1. Noun. A powerful and wealthy terrorist organization formed in 1957 as the guerilla arm of the Colombian communist party; opposed to the United States; has strong ties to drug dealers.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Revolutionary Armed Forces Of Colombia

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Revelation of Saint John the Divine
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Reverdin's method
Reverdin graft
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Reverend Dodgson
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Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (current term)
Revolutionary Justice Organization
Revolutionary Organization 17 November
Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims
Revolutionary People's Liberation Front
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party
Revolutionary People's Struggle
Revolutionary Proletarian Army
Revolutionary Proletarian Initiative Nuclei
Revolutionary Proletarian Nucleus
Revolutionary United Front
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Literary usage of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Foreign Policies of the Soviet Union by Richard Felix Staar (1991)
"... 1989-1990 Chile Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR) Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front (FPMR) Colombia Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), ..."

2. Crisis in Colombia: U.S. Support for Peace Process and Anti-Drug Efforts edited by Jesse Helms (1999)
"Colombian defense experts have estimated that the two major insurgent groups (the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation ..."

3. Toward Greater Peace and Security in Colombia: Forging a Constructive U.S by Bob Graham, Brent Scowcroft, Michael Shifter (2000)
"Both the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN) have deep political roots, dating back to the 1960s. ..."

4. Colombia's Killer Networks: The Military-paramilitary Partnership and the by Human Rights Watch/Americas, Arms Project (Human Rights Watch) (1996)
"By 1966, when the pro-Cuba Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC), which remains Colombia's largest ..."

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