The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army is a 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 the "Violencia" as a peasant force promoting a political line of agrarianism and anti-imperialism. They are known to employ a variety of military tactics, in addition to more unconventional methods, including terrorism.
FARC guerrillas marching in formation during the Caguan peace talks (1998–2002)
FARC commanders during the Caguan peace talks (1998-2002)
Banner of the February 2008 anti-FARC rallies with slogans in Spanish, English, Dutch, and French. In the French version "contre la torture" and "contre la guerre" mean "against torture" and "against the war" respectively.
Former second-in-command FARC leader, Iván Márquez, who called for renewed actions against the Colombian government
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Desertion is the abandonment of a military duty or post without permission and is done with the intention of not returning. This contrasts with unauthorized absence (UA) or absence without leave, which are temporary forms of absence.
Deserteur (Дезертир), by Ilya Repin, 1917
Armenian soldiers in 1919, with deserters as prisoners
A 1918 cartoon by Cecil Hartt making light of the high incidence of soldiers going absent without leave in the Australian Imperial Force