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Colombian conflict: Íngrid Betancourt, a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, is released from captivity after being held for six and a half years by FARC.
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Colombian conflict
Low-intensity asymmetric war in Colombia
The Colombian conflict began on May 27, 1964, and is a low-intensity asymmetric war between the government of Colombia, far-right paramilitary groups, crime syndicates and far-left guerrilla groups fighting each other to increase their influence in Colombian territory. Some of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Íngrid Betancourt
Colombian politician and anti-corruption activist
Íngrid Betancourt Pulecio is a Colombian-French politician, former senator, and anti-corruption activist. She gained international prominence after being kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 2002 while campaigning for the Colombian presidency as a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
Lower house of the Congress of Colombia
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Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
Colombian guerrilla movement
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army was a far-left Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group involved in the continuing Colombian conflict starting in 1964. The FARC-EP was officially founded in 1966 from peasant self-defense groups formed from 1948 during La…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)