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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Another couple, who wanted to remain anonymous, said their small food delivery business was contacted by a man claiming to be from the FARC.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

Yet by late 2024, according to the government, more than 70% of Colombian municipalities were threatened by illegal armed groups, including the FARC.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 15, 2026

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 Jan. 16, 2026

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 Jan. 2, 2024

The United States considered the FARC, which disbanded in 2016 as part of a historic peace deal, to be a terrorist group.

From Reuters Jun. 30, 2023

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