Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Research Paper

What makes this organization a terrorist group? In short, what definition of terrorism informs your choice of this organization?
• Where did the group ‘come from’? Who are its leaders, what kind of people does it recruit and who tends to join? What population or constituency does it claim to represent or champion? Does it have links to a ‘legitimate’ political parties or organizations, and if so, what is the nature of those links?
• Finally, and most important, why do they fight? What is the ideology that drives their cause and justifies their actions?
Acceptable secondary resources for this assignment include any of the assigned readings, books, articles in scholarly journals, reputable, mainstream policy-oriented or current affairs magazines such as The Atlantic, New Yorker, or Foreign Affairs, news articles from reputable sources (news magazines, newspapers, wire services), think-tank reports, etc.