States (until 2021), Canada, Chile, (since 2010) New Zealand, Venezuela (Guaido-led government, since 2019) and (until 2016) the European Union; whereas the governments of Venezuela (Maduro-led government), Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, and Nicaragua do not. In 2008, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez recognized the FARC–EP as a proper army. President Chávez also asked the Colombian government and their allies to recognize the FARC as a belligerent force, arguing that such political recognition would oblige the FARC to forgo kidnapping and terrorism as methods of civil war and to abide by the Geneva Convention. Juan Manuel Santos followed a middle path by recognizing in 2011 that there is an "armed conflict" in Colombia although his predecessor, Álvaro Uribe, strongly disagreed. The FARC built a deep relationship with the Gaddafi government in Libya, throughout the 1990s and 2000s until the latter's overthrow in 2011. The FARC in 2000 requested a $100 million loan from Tripoli, FARC commanders were hosted in Libya and FARC soldiers were allegedly seen fighting for Gaddafi in the First Libyan Civil War. See also Eastern Bloc of the FARC-EP List of political hostages held by FARC Terrorism in Colombia Terrorism in Ecuador Notes References Further reading Books The Suicide of Colombia, Foreign Policy Research Institute, 1998 Articles External links Overview of Colombian-FARC Peace Process (English) FARC Official Website (Spanish) Official website of the peace delegation of FARC (English) Second FARC Official Website (Spanish) FARC profile, Colombia Reports "Evolution of the Colombian Civil War" – by Paul Wolf (collection of declassified U.S. government documents online) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Illicit Drug Trade, Ricardo Vargas Meza, Transnational Institute (TNI), June 1999 Interview with Alfonso Lopez Caballero, The Alligator, 2 February 2009 Who are the victims? – The aftermath of violence in Colombia – Former combatants in Colombia's internal armed conflict spent two years painting their experiences. They face difficult decisions about what to remember, what to forget and how to forgive. Government/NGO reports Human Rights Watch – Humanitarian Law and its Application to the Conduct of the FARC-EP UN High Commissioner for Human Rights – Colombia 2005 Report (Spanish and English) Organizations established in 1964 1964 establishments in Colombia Colombian guerrilla movements Communism in Colombia Far-left politics in Colombia Defunct communist militant groups Organizations formerly designated as terrorist by the European Union Organizations based in Latin America designated as terrorist Organizations based in South America designated as