Never before in Colombian history people had demonstrated this way against something in particular. On 4 February they did against an armed group that, after its degradation, became a criminal business, setting itself up not only as a disgrace for the country, but also for humanity. But besides the contempt itself, several teachings and consequences remain for the future.

On Feb. 4th, San Francisco and San José, two big cities of California, put their voices together to shout loudly: “NO MORE FARC”. Hundreds of Colombians and their friends from other countries expressed their rejection to violence, kidnapping and the terrorism of FARC.

It makes me so happy to have been part of this world rally against kidnappings, I feel I was part of something huge and it also makes me so proud to be a Colombian…

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[Photos courtesy Noticentro Colombia]
According to Noticentro, more than 15,000 rallied in Chía, Cundinamarca, a few kilometres north Bogotá, to "display their contempt to FARC, to their terrorist, criminal practises, and to show their repudiation to the abominable practise of kidnapping". La Sabana University and the Colombian Engineering School joined the […]

According to Carolina Uribe de la Espriella, organizer of the march against FARC in Bilbao, northern Spain, 275 to 300 people (”even though we looked as if we were 1,000!”) concentrated there to reject that guerrilla group’s terrorist actions.

Photospecial with pictures of the demonstration held at the north of Bogotá.

Just a little fragment of the crowd walking through the Santander Avenue, in Manizales, central Colombia (Photo: John Jairo Bonilla / equinoXio)
It started as a Facebook group on 4 January 2008, created by engineer Óscar Morales. Soon, it reached thousands of members, given the huge popularity that social network enjoys in Colombia, and later […]

In Manizales, central Colombia, a white stream with yellow, blue and red faint stripes travelling across over ten kilometres with a funeral pace despite the smiling and festive faces, a great tide of noisy silence advancing with a single slogan: No more war. No more kidnappings. No more FARC.

Around 60 Colombians, dealing with the cold weather, rallied against FARC in Tokyo. Dozens of others demonstrated in Sydney and Brisbane on Sunday.

Dozens of Colombians demonstrated peacefully against the rebel group in a mall in Duluth, GA, on Saturday.