What do you know about F.A.R.C?

Question

it means Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, From Colombia, South America...

Answer 1

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia...also known by the acronym of FARC or FARC-EP is a self proclaimed Marxist-Leninist organization, although is considered as a terrorist group by more than 31 countries .

It was established in 1964 as the military wing of the Colombian Communist Party. While the FARC originated as a purely guerrilla movement, the group became involved with the illicit drug trade during the 1980s, which caused an official separation from the Communist Party and the formation of a political structure it calls the Clandestine Colombian Communist Party.] The FARC-EP still claims to be a guerrilla movement. With an estimated 16,000 members, the FARC-EP is present in 25-30 percent of Colombia's territory, most strongly in southeastern jungles and in plains at the base of the Andes mountains.

The FARC-EP has proclaimed itself as a politico-military Marxist-Leninist organization of Bolivarian inspiration.It claims to represent the rural poor in a struggle against Colombia's wealthier classes and opposes the United States influence in Colombia (particularly Plan Colombia). Other prominent areas of focus for the FARC-EP include fighting against privatization of natural resources, multinational corporations, and paramilitary violence. The FARC-EP says these objectives motivate the group's efforts to seize power in Colombia through an armed revolution. It funds itself principally through extortion, kidnapping and participation in the illegal drug trade.