Revolutionary Action Party is no longer active.

The Revolutionary Armed Corps essentially existed for the period of one day.  The group's one and only attack occurred on February 20, 2001.  On that day, Ecuadorian police found a pamphlet bomb placed next to a church.  The police successfully defused the bomb, which official sources described as a medium-power explosive.  <P> In addition to the explosive, police found 150 pamphlets with the acronym CAR.  CAR is believed to be an acronym for the group's Spanish spelling, "Cuerpo Armado Revolucionario."  While it is possible to attach some significance to the bomb's placement next to a church, the lack of corroborating information disallows the presumption that the group is ideologically religious in nature.  An Ecuadorian police official labeled CAR as an extreme leftist group.

The Revolutionary Armed Corps was last heard of on February 20, 2001 and is presumed inactive.

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)

EPA (Ejercito del Pueblo en Armas) -- Ally (Suspected)
Group of Popular Combatants (GPC) -- Ally (Suspected)
National Liberation Army (Colombia) -- Rival and Ally
Self-Defense Groups of Cordoba and Uraba (ACCU) -- Enemy
Simon Bolivar Guerilla Coordinating Board (CGSB) -- Umbrella Organization
United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) -- Enemy

Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - Ejercito del Pueblo (FARC-EP)

Cocaine trafficking and production; Extortion; Kidnapping; Hijacking

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) grew out of the Colombian Communist Party of the 1960s.  Unsurprisingly, the FARC was founded as a Communist organization.  The FARC leaned towards the Marxist strain of Communism and received a limited amount of funding from the Soviet Union during the Cold War.  The FARC's stated goal is to overthrow the current democratic government of Colombia and replace it with a Communist government.<p><p>While the FARC is undoubtedly the largest and oldest of the Communist insurgent groups of Colombia, it is not necessarily the most dogmatic in its devotion to the Marxist ideology.  In fact, the FARC's growing hand in cocaine trafficking, and even production, coupled with its on-again, off-again peace talks with the Colombian government, indicate that the ideological backbone of the FARC is at best, ill-defined.  However, a significant portion of the FARC's leadership, including FARC chief Manuel Marulanda, have been part of the organization since its founding and are presumably still dedicated to its Marxist ideology.  The FARC continues to wage a war of words devoted to Marxist principles, despite the fact that many of its battles are fought with the less idealistic motive of controlling the illicit drug inustry.