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/nˈæʃənəl lˌɪbərˈeɪʃən ˈɑrmi/ Listen

National Liberation Army

noun

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. Synonym: ELN.

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. Synonyms: CNPZ, ELN, Nestor Paz Zamora Commission.

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... leaders: two largest insurgent groups active in Colombia - National Liberation Army or ELN and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC; largest paramilitary group is United Self-Defense Groups ...

— The 2001 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... groups: three insurgent groups are active in Colombia—Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), led by Manuel MARULANDA and Alfonso CANO; National Liberation Army (ELN), led by Manuel PEREZ; and dissidents of the recently demobilized People's Liberation Army (EPL) ...

— The 1991 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

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