Farc Colombia Case Study

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Farc is Colombia’s largest rebel group. They were founded in 1964 as an armed wing of the Communist party. They follow the Marxist-Leninist ideology. Their main founders were small farmers and land workers. They banded together to fight against the levels of inequality in Colombia. They have a large group of leaders and leader Alfonso Cano was killed in 2011. Their main goal is to fight against the levels of inequality in Columbia. They want to represent the rural poor through armed revolution. They want to establish a new government. By redistributing the wealth among the country they believe Columbia will become a more prosperous place. Stopping multinational corporations and privatization of national resources Columbia will help the poor rural people. …show more content…

They promise children adventure and glory for carrying a gun. Some believe that they force children to join them or that they lure them in with the promise of lifelong employment and income. They also recruit in urban places like University’s so that they can reach more people. They get their income from drug trafficking and taxing people who traffic