Posted on 04/14/2002 11:18:03 AM PDT by Luis Gonzalez
The ELN itself was formed in the 1960s by Colombians inspired by the socialist Cuban revolution of the late 1950s. Both groups make much of their money out of kidnapping and extortion, often involving the oil industry. But the ELN is distinguished from the FARC in part because it splits its efforts between military and social work, and its refusal to become involved in the narcotics trade.
Wow! ! Thanks to the Cuban revolution Colombia is fighting a civil war for the last thirty-eight years and has lost at least 40,000 lives since the beginning of the 1990s!
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