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

Securing safe access for U.S. companies would first require ousting armed groups like the National Liberation Army, or ELN, and remnants of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or the FARC.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 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 government reached a landmark peace accord with the FARC, the largest rebel group, in 2016 following an arduous five-year process.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023

The U.N. has been monitoring a 2016 peace accord between the government and Colombia’s then largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2023

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