WASHINGTON: The Biden administration informed Congress on Tuesday that it was ending the designation of Colombia’s largest guerrilla group as a terrorist organization, according to a congressional aide allowed anonymity to discuss the situation. .
State Department spokesman Ned Price confirmed that the US had informed Congress of the action taken with respect to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, widely known by its abbreviation, FARC. Price, however, declined to explain what the action was.
The FARC fought an era of devastating political violence in Colombia for half a century, carrying out bombings, killings, kidnappings and attacks in the name of redistributing wealth to Colombia’s poor.
The group signed a peace deal in 2016 and participated in the UN-monitored decommissioning of its last accessible weapons in 2018. Price called the peace deal a turning point in some ways in the long-running Colombian conflict.
The group is designated today as a political party with a guaranteed share of seats in the Colombian legislature.
Eminent administration officials were in Bogota a few weeks ago, where they spoke with Colombia’s president, foreign minister and others on implementing and maintaining the peace deal with the FARC.
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