national liberation army

Noun
  1. A Marxist terrorist group formed in 1963 by Colombian intellectuals who were inspired by the Cuban Revolution;
    Responsible for a campaign of mass kidnappings and resistance to the government's efforts to stop the drug trade (synset 108052354)
    "ELN kidnappers target foreign employees of large corporations"
    referred to in: act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
    domain region: colombia, republic of colombia - a republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simon Bolivar; Spanish is the official language
    is an instance of: foreign terrorist organization, fto, terrorist group, terrorist organization - a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
    same as: eln
  2. A terrorist organization in Bolivia that acts as an umbrella for numerous small indigenous subversive groups;
    A revival of a group with Marxist-Leninist ideologies originally established by Che Guevara in the 1960s (synset 108051986)
    referred to in: act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
    domain region: bolivia, republic of bolivia - a landlocked republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain
    is an instance of: foreign terrorist organization, fto, terrorist group, terrorist organization - a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
    same as: cnpz, eln, nestor paz zamora commission

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