FARC in Colombia : 21st-century US imperialism and class warfare

Imperialism in Latin America is not a distant memory. No country is free of its new variations and developments. This chapter is about the armed struggle against US imperialism in Colombia waged for over 50 years by the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army, FARC-EP). Since the late 1990s, there have been significant developments within Latin America in the mass redistribution of wealth, the recovery of sovereignty, and moves to promote regional integration. Mass movements throughout the continent have risen against the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Leaders in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Argentina have emerged bringing hope of greater independence from imperialism.