South America is home to a legend which, though little known by the wider public, has captivated sociologists, anthropologists, folklorists and journalists, as well as a number of websites concerned with promoting tourism in Uruguay, Paraguay and in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.
The Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, commonly known as FARC, was in its origin in 1964 a communist guerrilla movement, later on in 1980 getting involved with drugs traffic. |