Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
- proper noun
- Literature
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Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia
- Voters debated whether the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia could be trusted to renounce violence permanently.
Examples
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Many former members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia now participate in politics.
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Human rights groups monitored how the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia adapted to legal political activity.
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After the peace talks, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia registered as a political party in 2017.
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Did the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia really disarm after the peace agreement?
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The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia was formed as a political party by former FARC members following the peace agreement.
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After the peace process, members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia transitioned into politics to promote their agenda.
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The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia seeks to address social justice issues through its political platform.
Synonyms
A political party in Colombia formed by former fighters after the 2016 peace agreement that takes part in elections
Surface Forms
Morphology
revolutionary + armed + force + of + Colombia
The phrase is compositionally built from 'revolutionary' + 'armed' + 'forces' + 'of Colombia', so a learner who knows those words will understand it denotes an armed revolutionary group in Colombia. Specific historical or political details (e.g. that it became a political party after the 2016–2017 peace process) are not inferable from the words, but the core referent is directly derivable.
Etymology
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia was kept as the group's name by many former fighters after the peace talks, and they used it when they formed a legal 'political party'. So today the same name can mean either the old armed group or the new political party.
