FARC

British  

/ fɑːk /

acronym

1. Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a Marxist revolutionary guerrilla force engaging in armed struggle against the government of Colombia

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Example Sentences

And the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC—once Latin America’s largest and most powerful guerrilla group—had abandoned its goal of taking power and instead entered peace talks.

From The Wall Street Journal

Santos, Colombia's president from 2010 to 2018 who won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating a peace deal with his country's rebel army FARC, said he and his fellow Latin American leaders "were rather surprised."

From Barron's

Because of his success as president from 2002-2010 in defeating the rebel group FARC, he remains influential on the right.

From The Wall Street Journal

Despite their ideological differences and bitter feuds, Uribe relied on Córdoba and Chávez to secure the release of several politicians and soldiers held captive for the years by the FARC.

From Seattle Times

The rebel unit was run by a holdout commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, who refused to go along with a 2016 peace deal that Piedad Córdoba helped broker, prosecutors said.

From Seattle Times