Manuel marulanda velez biography of donald

Leader of the Marxist–Leninist FARC-EP (–)

Pedro Antonio Marín Marín (13 May [disputed]^[2] – 26 March ), known by his "nom de guerre" Manuel Marulanda Vélez, was the founder and main leader of the Marxist–LeninistFARC-EP ("Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo").

Marulanda was born in a coffee-growing region of west-central Colombia in the Quindío Department, to a peasant family politically aligned with the Liberal Party during conflicts in the s and s.

Marulanda was nicknamed "Tirofijo" (Spanish: Surefire or Sureshot) by his comrades, apparently because of a reputed ability to accurately aim firearms.^{[citation needed]}

Marulanda himself changed his political and ideological inclinations to the Communist Party (PCC) during "La Violencia" (roughly to ) that followed the assassination of the Liberal Party's leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán.

In March , Alberto Gonzales, the Attorney General of the United St Manuel Marulanda: Commander of the Farc guerrilla army during ... GAP