Female Guerrillas of FARC

There is talk and much written about the guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - almost always slanderous - and little about the guerrilla. Most Europeans are unaware that thousands of women are fighting in 60 Fronts in which FARC is fighting in that country. I met many in 2001, lived for weeks in an Amazonian camp of the revolutionary organization. How will I convey in short space of a chronicle, which for me was my contact with these new types of guerrillas?

"Love is the only thing that grows as it is spread"
FLAVIO PEREIRA

	Female Guerrillas of FARC
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" No woman is born a prostitute. But many are born to fight! " (MMM)

GUERRILLAS OF FARC

There is talk and much written about the guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - almost always slanderous - and little about the guerrilla. Most Europeans are unaware that thousands of women are fighting in the 60 Fronts in which FARC is fighting in that country. I met many in 2001, lived for weeks in an Amazonian camp of the revolutionary organization. How will I convey in the short space of a chronicle, which for me was my contact with these new types of guerrillas?

I found the girls there so different that it would diminish the effort to outline the emotional shock caused by the discovery of the FARC fighters. Common among them only is courage, the ability to adapt to living conditions and an enduring total confidence in the justice of the struggle of FARC and the final undated victory.

I was not camped with only one companion. Only Eliana was over 40. The majority had not reached the age of 25 years. The ethics of guerrilla war imposed rules that were observed. If two lovers wanted to establish a loving relationship they had to inform the commander. Infidelity was not tolerated by the code of the guerrillas. The pair was allowed to sleep in the same caleta, the road-bed, under a canopy of plastic in the vast forest, as was often their home. Regulations also prohibit the guerrillas, men or women, to have sex with guests of FARC.

But there was no moralism. If a couple decided to end their relationship it was necessary to inform the commander of this decision. The gesture accomplished the separation.

Women held the same jobs as men, from military training to the opening the latrines. Equal rights, similar tasks.

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