Many are speculating that the world’s
longest war is nearing an end. Yet there are also those who would probably ask,
“what war?” Since 1964 an armed conflict for control and related territorial
disputes, against Colombia and its military by left-wing guerillas and
right-wing paramilitaries, has claimed the lives of an estimated “220,000
people and displaced 5.7 million.” This half-century conflict of violent
atrocities against the homeland by FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de
Colombia) guerrillas and the so-called National Liberation Army (ELN), has
branded them as “terrorist organizations.” More…
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