FARC Case Study

Question 1

What are the FARC?

Answer 1

✅ Communist Guerrilla movement fighting Colombian gov.

Question 2

Since when has the FARC been fighting the Colombian gov?

Answer 2

✅ 1964

Question 3

When did peace negotiations start?

Answer 3

✅ Only started in 2012

Question 4

Why did peace negotiations start?

Answer 4

✅ Following a crackdown from the Colombian gov. which brought the FARC down from 20,000 => 6,000-7,000 which forced them to negotiate

Question 5

What did the FARC agree to in the peace negotiations and what did they get in return?

Answer 5

✅ Stop all drug trafficking and give all weapons to a UN supervised committee.
✅ In return for no jail time and 5 seats in each of the houses of congress in Colombia

Question 6

How many lives did the war between FARC and the Colombian government take?

Answer 6

✅ 250,000

Question 7

How many people were displaced from the war between the FARC and the Colombian government and what was the time frame in which this happened?

Answer 7

✅ 7 million in 50 years

Question 8

What has been done by the Colombian government and the FARC insurgency group to achieve peace?

Answer 8

✅ Signed the Havana peace accord with the UN as a third party (no UN troops in Colombia)

Question 9

What is the UN’s role in the Havana peace accords?

Answer 9

✅ Just to guarantee the trust between the two parties amidst the fragile state of negotiations.
✅ Only responsible for collecting weapons from the FARC and overlook the integration of FARC fighters into civilian life.