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Florida’s DeSantis Warns Against Removing Communist Rebels From Terrorist List: ‘A Serious Mistake’ – Epoch Times

SAN VICENTE, COLOMBIA: Guerrillas of the Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) march in a military parade 07 February 2001 in San Vicente. Amid rising tension and international pressure for dialogue, Colombian President Andres Pastrana is set to meet Marxist rebel leader Manuel Marulanda 08 February 2001 in a bid to end a civil war that has turned Colombia into one of the world's most violent nations. AFP PHOTO/LUIS ACOSTA (Photo credit should read LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images)

The following article was copied and pasted from my Epoch Times electronic subscription to display their reporting and concern for truth and facts; and to provide a perspective not possible via big media and social media, as they only publish the leftist state approved narrative devoid of facts:

The same type of billionaires that support the rebels of this article are supporting communist groups in the US (Antifa, BLM and others); the riots of 2020 are the sorts of activities they are paid to engage in to destabilize a country. They are the arm of the democratic Marxist left that is now in power in the US.

See links at end of Epoch Times Article for more on communist activities in the USA.

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Florida’s DeSantis Warns Against Removing Communist Rebels From Terrorist List: ‘A Serious Mistake’

By GQ Pan
November 25, 2021 Updated: November 26, 2021

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has criticized the Biden administration over its reported plan to remove a Colombian communist rebel group from the list of designated foreign terrorist organizations, calling it “an insult” to the Colombian American community in his state.

Financed by extortion, kidnapping, and a billion-dollar cocaine trafficking operation, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) waged a guerrilla war against Colombian government for more than a half-century until 2016, when the far-left rebels signed a peace deal that’s still being implemented. The decadeslong conflict has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced millions more, including many families who settled in Florida.

In response to a recent report that the U.S. Department of State is planning to remove FARC from its international terrorist list, DeSantis called the move a “reckless decision,” noting that the group “perpetuated countless murders, bombings, assassinations, kidnapping and attacks” in the name of redistribution of wealth.

“Biden’s policy is an insult to members of the Colombian American community, many of whom fled that terrorist group’s barbaric attacks on civilians,” the Republican governor said. “This is a serious mistake by the Biden administration and will hurt Floridians.”

In this file photo taken in February 2001, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas guard the location of talks between Manuel Marulanda, Marxist rebel chief of the FARC, and then-Colombian President Andres Pastrana. (Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images)

He also argued that the move could “embolden terrorist groups throughout Latin America,” empower narco-traffickers, and pave the way for a revival of left-wing authoritarian Castro-Chavezism in Colombia.

DeSantis’s criticism was echoed by U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, who is seeking the Democratic nomination in an attempt to unseat DeSantis as governor in 2022. The former-governor-turned-congressman said FARC has earned its designation as a terrorist group for causing “decades of war and death.”

“I join Colombians across Florida and our nation, deeply troubled by reports that the State Department is considering removing FARC from the list of international terrorist organizations,” Crist said in a statement. “It should not earn its legitimacy from the United States without the advice and consent from the community who call America home.”

Florida state Sen. Annette Taddeo, another 2022 Democratic gubernatorial candidate, also spoke against the move. Taddeo, whose mother is Colombian, recalled on Twitter that she had to flee her home country at the age of 17 “because of the Marxist terrorist organization, FARC, a group of militias who kidnapped my father who was a WWII American fighter pilot.”

“This news is outrageous and I just hung up with the State Department to let them know just how outrageous it is,” she said.

During a Nov. 23 press briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked about the status of FARC and whether it’s being “delisted” as a terrorist group.

“I don’t have any update on that,” Psaki said. “I’m happy to check with our national security team and see if there’s anything we can get to all of you.”

The State Department has responded to The Epoch Times’ request for comment, saying that it has “provided Congress with notification of upcoming actions” it is taking with regard to the FARC, but has no further comment on those actions. FARC remains on the department’s international terrorist organizations list as of the time of publication.

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Featured Image: In this file photo taken in 2001, guerrillas of the Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) march in a military parade in San Vicente, Colombia. (Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images)
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The following links are from this blog; they provide much insight into the Marxist movement in the USA and how our government is involved in it:
To hear Glenn Beck explain how communist rebels, funded by our state department and G. Soros take down nations, click the following link:
https://sheeplywolves.com/fox-news-is-no-longer-a-trusted-news-source/
To get insight into the aim of social Marxism in the USA, click the following link:
https://sheeplywolves.com/agenda-grinding-america-down/
To get insight into the why so many Americans support the Marxist communist democratic left in the USA, click the following link:
https://sheeplywolves.com/vladimir-lenin-called-them-useful-idiots/
For more posts on the Marxist movement in the USA, see CATEGORIES: CRT / CT and check links at the bottom of each post. This is one of the smaller categories on Marxism and will provide more than the basics.
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