... of California Eduardo Posada-Carbó Colombia Revolutionary Armed Forces Colombia FARC peace negotiations Juan Manuel Santos Álvaro Uribe civil conflict PERSPECTIVE Confronted with the simple choice between war and peace, the overwhelming majority of Colombians for decades have favored...

... negotiations between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), were preparing to announce the results of the 45th round of talks that began three years ago. Previous accords had been reached on rural development, political participation for former guerrillas...

... FARC land reform elites governance indirect rule peace © 2013 Current History. All rights reserved. 2013 The Regents of the University of California 43 A decade ago Colombia was in a terrible mess. The country had the highest homicide rate in the world, and was the center...

... that struck Colombia from the 1940s to the 1960s. Drugs largely explain the growth of Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia, or FARC), a Marxist-Leninist guerrilla group of fewer than 1,000 ill-equipped men in 1980 that expanded into a mili- tary force of some...

... significant political, economic, and social considerations. © 2003 Current History. All rights reserved. 2003 The Regents of the University of California AUC cocaine Colombia drugs FARC Andres Pastrana Ernesto Samper September terrorism United States During the past several years...