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The FARC: The Longest Insurgency (Rebels)
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bookshelves: 2022, history, latin-america, social, war
Jun 30, 2022
bookshelves: 2022, history, latin-america, social, war
Read 2 times. Last read May 13, 2022 to June 30, 2022.
** spoiler alert **
While the book was not brilliant i'd say it was definetly good and worth it , to understand a bit more on this country that has been plagued over the decades by a really trash , violent and abusing class of politicians and upper class.
A few points:
- Colombia's geography is in such a way that it is really hard for the capital Bogota to assert , control and check what happens in the rest of the country.
- Over the decades the two political parties have ruled in turn or together in one form or another over the country prioritising their own agendas and not giving a shit about the working class especially the peasants in the remote highlands
- FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) was formed as a communist leninist political-guerilla movement that would oppose gonverment abuses and fight against class inequality. Some of their main goals have not changed from their incpetion: redistribution of land to the peasants , nationalising the state resources especially oil and energy.
- Over the decades the guerilla has fought a bloody war first against the national army, then against paramilitaries sponsored by the government and later by the US - who wanted to gain easy access to the vast resources of the country.
- The US , the Bogota gov , the paramilitaries have tried by any means thus violating a huge number human rights to eradicate the guerilla movement.
All proved to be in vain eventually , because the roots of the problem (inequality) have never been addressed , therefore the poor class has always found a better alternative to join the FARC and actively support them.
- In need of revenue FARC got heavily involved in the cocaine business , as the middle men between the poor farmers and the drug cartels. They would set a fixed price per kg of coca and act on behalf of the farmers not to grt extorcated.
- After nearly 70 years and a lot of bloodshed , after many presidents , all adopting an aggresive stance towards the guerilla , the problems have remained the same. The guerillas are fighting with rudinentary weapons attacking nowadays foreign oil corporations setting shop in the oil rich areas , blowing up pipelines and planting land mines across huge spots of land.
- Despite the huge number of colltateral damage and incredible number of civilian deaths , no the politicians try relentlessly to keep everything under the rug , to pay paramilitaries to do their dirty work thus killing , raping , torturing and displacing civilians in order to root out the guerilla , failing to address the socio-economical issue , the elephant in the room.
A really really sad situation , and a total surprise for me , hoping post Narco Era Colombia would get their shit together.
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A few points:
- Colombia's geography is in such a way that it is really hard for the capital Bogota to assert , control and check what happens in the rest of the country.
- Over the decades the two political parties have ruled in turn or together in one form or another over the country prioritising their own agendas and not giving a shit about the working class especially the peasants in the remote highlands
- FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) was formed as a communist leninist political-guerilla movement that would oppose gonverment abuses and fight against class inequality. Some of their main goals have not changed from their incpetion: redistribution of land to the peasants , nationalising the state resources especially oil and energy.
- Over the decades the guerilla has fought a bloody war first against the national army, then against paramilitaries sponsored by the government and later by the US - who wanted to gain easy access to the vast resources of the country.
- The US , the Bogota gov , the paramilitaries have tried by any means thus violating a huge number human rights to eradicate the guerilla movement.
All proved to be in vain eventually , because the roots of the problem (inequality) have never been addressed , therefore the poor class has always found a better alternative to join the FARC and actively support them.
- In need of revenue FARC got heavily involved in the cocaine business , as the middle men between the poor farmers and the drug cartels. They would set a fixed price per kg of coca and act on behalf of the farmers not to grt extorcated.
- After nearly 70 years and a lot of bloodshed , after many presidents , all adopting an aggresive stance towards the guerilla , the problems have remained the same. The guerillas are fighting with rudinentary weapons attacking nowadays foreign oil corporations setting shop in the oil rich areas , blowing up pipelines and planting land mines across huge spots of land.
- Despite the huge number of colltateral damage and incredible number of civilian deaths , no the politicians try relentlessly to keep everything under the rug , to pay paramilitaries to do their dirty work thus killing , raping , torturing and displacing civilians in order to root out the guerilla , failing to address the socio-economical issue , the elephant in the room.
A really really sad situation , and a total surprise for me , hoping post Narco Era Colombia would get their shit together.
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Reading Progress
May 13, 2022
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Started Reading
May 13, 2022
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Started Reading
May 13, 2022
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to-read
May 13, 2022
– Shelved
June 19, 2022
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15.0%
June 28, 2022
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35.0%
"For decades FARC has been literally negotiating and enforcing coca prices with the cartels on behalf of the peasants producing the drug , ensuring their wellbeing , and taking a comission in order to fund their paramilitaries against the Colombian gonverment represented by the rich elites.
Starting with the late 90's FARC began widespread offensive against military bases which made the US send assets to help the gov"
Starting with the late 90's FARC began widespread offensive against military bases which made the US send assets to help the gov"
June 30, 2022
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60.0%
"Assad's barrel bombings and chemical weapons usage in Syria seem a child's play compared to the sheer brutality and lawlessness that pervades in all structures of the Colombian gonverment."
June 30, 2022
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60.0%
"What a fkin giant collusion:
Columbia overnment , army , police , US gov and US corporations fund paramilitaries that kill rape , imprison rural columbians in order to demonize FARC and frame them, so that it woulld weaken the guerilla and stop interfering with them exploiting the country's natural resources.
The columbian state is the biggest human rights violator for decades !"
Columbia overnment , army , police , US gov and US corporations fund paramilitaries that kill rape , imprison rural columbians in order to demonize FARC and frame them, so that it woulld weaken the guerilla and stop interfering with them exploiting the country's natural resources.
The columbian state is the biggest human rights violator for decades !"
June 30, 2022
– Shelved as:
social
June 30, 2022
– Shelved as:
latin-america
June 30, 2022
– Shelved as:
history
June 30, 2022
– Shelved as:
2022
June 30, 2022
– Shelved as:
war
June 30, 2022
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Finished Reading
June 30, 2022
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Finished Reading