Current coup in Latin America

[Bacchus4.0]

There is one on going coup attempt in Latin America currently taking place and its NOT in Venezuela where students have protested chavista corruption and ineptitude. Here is some info the coup perpetrators:

http://www.start.umd.edu/tops/terrorist_organization_profile.asp?id=96

Terrorist Organization Profile:
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Mothertongue Name: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)
Aliases: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - Ejercito del Pueblo (FARC-EP)
Bases of Operation: Colombia
Date Formed: 1964
Strength: Approximately 12,000 members
Classifications: Communist/Socialist
Financial Sources: Cocaine trafficking and production; Extortion; Kidnapping; Hijacking
Founding Philosophy: The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) grew out of the Colombian Communist Party of the 1960s. Unsurprisingly, the FARC was founded as a Communist organization. The FARC leaned towards the Marxist strain of Communism and received a limited amount of funding from the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The FARC's stated goal is to overthrow the current democratic government of Colombia and replace it with a Communist government.

[COLGATE4]

1. But, but - they're Freedom Fighters, doncha know? nt