page_title: Marquetalia Republic
hierarchical_section_title: Marquetalia Republic
context_page_description: "Marquetalia Republic" was an unofficial term used to refer to one of the enclaves in rural Colombia which communist peasant guerrillas held during the aftermath of "La Violencia". Congressmen of the Colombian Conservative Party described these enclaves, including Marquetalia, as "independent republics" which needed to be brought under state control through military force. This area was eventually overrun by the National Army of Colombia in May 1964.
  Eventually some of the communist survivors reunited elsewhere and later became part of the "Bloque Sur" guerrilla group in 1964, a precursor to the official foundation of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in 1966.
context_section_description: "Marquetalia Republic" was an unofficial term used to refer to one of the enclaves in rural Colombia which communist peasant guerrillas held during the aftermath of "La Violencia" (approximately 1948 to 1958). Congressmen of the Colombian Conservative Party described these enclaves, including Marquetalia, as "independent republics" which needed to be brought under state control through military force. This area was eventually overrun by  the National Army of Colombia (during "Operation Marquetalia") in May 1964.
  Eventually some of the communist survivors reunited elsewhere and later became part of the "Bloque Sur" (Southern Bloc) guerrilla group in 1964, a precursor to the official foundation of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 1966.
caption: Marquetalia and other "Republics"