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    The Military Forces of Colombia (Spanish: Fuerzas Militares de Colombia) are the unified armed forces of the Republic of Colombia. They consist of the...
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  • The military ranks of the Colombian armed forces consist of the list and ordering of the different military ranks, for the Officers, Non-commissioned...
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    The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo, FARC–EP or FARC)...
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    The General Commander of the Military Forces is the professional head of the Military Forces of Colombia. He is responsible for the administration and...
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    National Army of Colombia (Spanish: Ejército Nacional de Colombia) is the land warfare service branch of the Military Forces of Colombia. With over 361...
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  • groups in Colombia (Spanish: paramilitares de derecha) are paramilitary groups acting in opposition to revolutionary Marxist–Leninist guerrilla forces and their...
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    the executive branch of the national government and is the commander-in-chief of the Military Forces of Colombia. The power of the presidency has grown...
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    local military commanders in the Colombian Armed Forces. According to Human Rights Watch, the paramilitary groups and the armed forces of Colombia share...
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    the United States military and the Military Forces of Colombia began during World War II. Prior to the beginning of the war in 1939, Switzerland and the...
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    commander-in-chief of the Military Forces of Colombia. The president is directly elected to a four-year term in a popular election. Since the passing of the Legislative...
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    objectives of Plan Colombia were to end the Colombian armed conflict by increasing funding and training of Colombian military and para-military forces and creating...
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    Republic of Colombia. Although the National Police is not part of the Military Forces of Colombia (Army, Navy, and Aerospace Force), it constitutes along with...
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    Colombian governments to counter them led to the cartel's destruction. Most of the cartel's associates were gunned down by police and military forces...
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  • (Republic of China) below Military Forces of Colombia National Army of Colombia Colombian Navy Colombian Air Force National Police of Colombia Army of National...
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    of the three institutions of the Military Forces of Colombia charged, according to the 1991 Constitution, working to exercise and maintain control of...
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    (1996), Appendix A: Colombian Armed Forces Directive No. 200-05/91 Human Rights Watch (1996), Chapter 2: The history of the military–paramilitary partnership...
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    Liberation Army of Colombia resumed financing its military operations by means of kidnap for ransom, the extortion of money from Colombian and foreign petroleum...
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    is the naval branch of the military forces of Colombia. The Navy is responsible for security and defence in the Colombian zones of both the Atlantic (Caribbean)...
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    The Peruvian Armed Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas del Perú) are the military services of Peru, comprising independent Army, Navy and Air Force components...
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    supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the military forces of Colombia, similar to the defense ministries...
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    Tzahal (צה״ל), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service branches: the Israeli Ground Forces, the Israeli Air Force, and...
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    and Communist militants to re-organize into the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The reasons for fighting vary from group to group. The FARC...
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    Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia – AGC) and formerly called Los Urabeños and Clan Úsuga, is a prominent Colombian neo-paramilitary...
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  • politics of Colombia take place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Colombia is both head of state...
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    "Successful antiterrorist offensive of the National Police and Military Forces of Colombia". Colombian Military Forces, 28 May 2012. "Mueren 15 guerrilleros...
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    replaced by the QBZ-191 since 2019.  Colombia: Military Forces of Colombia and National Police of Colombia special forces – IWI Tavor TAR-21.  Croatia: Croatian...
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    Colombian military unit to serve in Asia, the battalion was attached to the U.S. 7th Infantry Division and 25th Infantry Divisions. The election of President...
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    Ecuadorian Armed Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas del Ecuador) is the national military force of Ecuador. The commander-in-chief is the President of Ecuador....
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    Dairo Antonio Úsuga (category Colombian drug traffickers)
    been used as escape routes. Colombian Navy ships were stationed offshore to prevent any escape by sea. Colombian military forces subsequently captured Úsuga...
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  • Medal for Service in War Overseas (category Orders, decorations, and medals of Colombia)
    a military decoration awarded by Colombia. Established in 1952, the medal was awarded in two classes to members of the Military Forces of Colombia who...
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