Colombia's Guerrilla Army and the Failed War on Drugs

Who are the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)? We’ll probe the complex political and socioeconomic environment that enabled a drug-funded revolutionary army to hold three American contractors and a Colombian presidential candidate captive for five years with Karin Hayes, co-author of “Hostage Nation: Colombia’s Guerrilla Army and the Failed War on Drugs” (Knopf, 2010).

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