tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26488480.post8289196380199361909..comments2023-10-26T20:55:55.495-07:00Comments on Security in Latin America: FARC with money problemsSamuel Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459740576660047892noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26488480.post-55574918648388149162009-12-02T17:42:41.507-08:002009-12-02T17:42:41.507-08:00I don't know if you remember, but the FARC tri...I don't know if you remember, but the FARC tried the political party thing in the mid 1980s when it started the UniĆ³n Patriotica party. They did OK until the AUC started picking off higher-ranking party members, and they decided to go bank to the armed insurgency route. I think Cano's faction - having been around longer - would remember this experience, and be very hesitant to try that route again. They'd have to be REALLY convincing to the Colombian government with the idea that they'd be willing to lay down their arms, maybe provide intel on the armed faction, help release hostages, etc. Acquiring any measure of political credibility would be really difficult; but then again, the whole overthrowing-the-Colombian-government hasn't exactly been a cakewalk for them either. They might be up for it.Sylvia Longmirehttp://borderviolenceanalysis.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com