Armed Forces of National Liberation (Venezuela)

The Armed Forces of National Liberation (in Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional, FALN) was a Venezuelan guerrilla group formed by the Communist Party of Venezuela to foment revolution against the democratically elected governments of Rómulo Betancourt and Raul Leoni.

Armed Forces of National Liberation
Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional
Also known asFALN
Dates of operation1962 – 1969
MotivesEstablishment of a socialist state in Venezuela
Ideology
  • Communism
  • Marxist-Leninism
  • Socialism
  • Left-wing Nationalism
  • Proletarian internationalism
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