Sentence examples for leftist army from inspiring English sources

IT WAS a kidnapping that ended peace talks between Colombia's government and the FARC, a leftist army, in 2002.

The government is holding peace talks with the FARC, a leftist army, to end their half-century war.

He joined a group of leftist army officers that overthrew the Guatemalan dictator Jorge Ubico in 1944, and in 1949 he was the minister of war in Juan José Arévalo's government.

IN PRINCIPLE, Colombia's government and the FARC leftist army both think it would be a good idea to shoot less at one another while they negotiate an end to their 50-year war.

An International Control Commission is in charge of supervising the withdrawal of foreign forces and also to supervise a cease-fire that was agreed upon last year by the Patet Lao (Leftist Army) and the royal forces, & which has been violated almost continuously.

When leftist army officer Juan José Torres came to power in October of 1970, the Nixon administration called for his ousting.

In 1981, after a protracted political crisis, a leftist guerrilla army attacked El Salvador's military, setting off eleven years of fighting, in which seventy-five thousand people were killed.

HAVANA (AP) — A spokesman for Colombia's main leftist guerrilla army said Friday that President Juan Manuel Santos's rejection of a proposed cease-fire would not derail next month's peace talks on ending a half-century of armed struggle.

See article.Not a good signThe FARC, a leftist guerrilla army that has been fighting Colombia's government for 50 years, suspended a ceasefire it had declared in December.

This week, as he began a new six-year term after winning 63% of the vote in an election last month, the leftist former army officer cast aside some of his "democratic socialist" clothing to reveal more radical and authoritarian plans.

Alirio Rojas Bocanegra was responsible for the personal safety of Alfonso Cano, the head of the leftist guerrilla army.