Simón Bolívar Guerrilla Coordinating Board
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The Simón Bolívar Guerrilla Coordinating Board was an umbrella group of guerrilla
organizations in Colombia
from 1987 to the early 1990s. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
, the 19th of April Movement
, the National Liberation Army
, the Popular Liberation Army, Workers Revolutionary Party
and the Quintín Lame Command were all members of the CGSB.
Guerrilla warfare
Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare and refers to conflicts in which a small group of combatants including, but not limited to, armed civilians use military tactics, such as ambushes, sabotage, raids, the element of surprise, and extraordinary mobility to harass a larger and...
organizations in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
from 1987 to the early 1990s. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army is a Marxist–Leninist revolutionary guerrilla organization based in Colombia which is involved in the ongoing Colombian armed conflict, currently involved in drug dealing and crimes against the civilians..FARC-EP is a peasant army which...
, the 19th of April Movement
19th of April Movement
The 19th of April Movement or M-19, was a Colombian guerrilla movement. After its demobilization it became a political party, the M-19 Democratic Alliance , or AD/M-19.The M-19 traced its origins to the allegedly fraudulent presidential elections of 19 April 1970...
, the National Liberation Army
National Liberation Army (Colombia)
National Liberation Army is a revolutionary, avowed Marxist guerrilla group that has been operating in several regions of Colombia since 1964....
, the Popular Liberation Army, Workers Revolutionary Party
Workers Revolutionary Party of Colombia
Workers Revolutionary Party of Colombia was a political party in Colombia. The party was founded in 1982. It emerged out of the 'Majority' faction of the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Tendency, a group that had broken away from the Communist Party of Colombia in the mid-1970s.PRT launched armed...
and the Quintín Lame Command were all members of the CGSB.