National Liberation Army

The National Liberation Army is identified in the book as Colombia’s National Liberation Army and appears in the U.S. government’s October 5, 2001 list of foreign terrorist organizations. No independent account of its organization or conduct is provided; its place in the text is therefore defined by the act of official designation and by the surrounding critique of political labels for violence.

Identification and Listing

In the list dated October 5, 2001, the National Liberation Army appears as item 16, described as Colombia’s National Liberation Army. The passage gives no accompanying account of its history, leadership, methods, or particular acts. Its documented identity in this book is consequently administrative: it is one of the organizations named in a U.S. government designation.

Political Meaning of the Designation

The list sits within a wider discussion arguing that the term “terrorism” is used inconsistently, often to name violence by enemies while leaving comparable conduct by powerful states outside the category. The book distinguishes this propagandistic use from the official U.S. definition, which describes calculated violence or threats intended to achieve political, religious, or ideological ends and to produce fear, intimidation, or coercion. The National Liberation Army’s inclusion establishes that the government applied the designation to it, but the available passage does not present evidence about the group that would allow its conduct to be assessed against that definition.

Limits of the Record

The book’s entry offers no further particulars about the National Liberation Army and does not describe what consequences followed from its listing. Its significance in this account is thus not a narrated organizational history, but its appearance within a formal classification system that the surrounding argument treats as politically consequential and potentially selective.