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FARC
1964–2017 · Colombia · Marxist Insurgent · Movement · coding confidence medium
Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →
Core principles
A peasant self-defence force turned Marxist insurgency, financed in its later decades by the cocaine trade.
Economic model
Land redistribution in its programme; taxation of coca production and kidnapping in its practice.
Organisation of powers
A secretariat with military command over armed blocs; no electoral participation until after disarmament.
Reading note
Signed a peace accord in 2016, disarmed under UN verification and became a legal party in 2017. One of the few completed transitions of its kind.
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EC · Economic organisation · scored −08
Coded −8: land redistribution in the programme, coca taxation in practice.
- Programme textThe 1982 programme demanded expropriation of large landholdings; by the 1990s it taxed coca production at scale.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored −02
Coded −2: nominally egalitarian, with forced recruitment of minors and forced abortion documented.
- Documented act or statuteThe peace tribunal has charged former commanders over recruitment of children.
AU · Organisation of power · scored +07
Coded +7: a secretariat with military command and no electoral participation.
- Documented act or statuteNo candidate was fielded in any election before the 2016 accord.
SC · Scale of decision · scored +03
Coded +3: bloc structure across territory under a national secretariat.
- ScholarshipSeven regional blocs operated under central command.
ID · Rule of membership · scored −03
Coded −3: a class rather than ethnic frame, with indigenous and Afro-Colombian victims.
- ScholarshipThe truth commission recorded disproportionate victimisation of indigenous communities by all armed actors.
CH · Method and tempo · scored +09
Coded +9: fifty-two years of armed struggle, ended by a verified disarmament.
- Documented act or statuteAround 7,000 combatants disarmed under UN verification in 2017 and the movement became a legal party.
Where it came from, and what came after
- takes its doctrine fromClassical Marxism
A peasant self-defence force that adopted a Marxist-Leninist programme in the 1960s.
Nearest organisations by measured distance
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