On the Passing Away of M. Marulanda
To the Central Headquarters and
and the Secretariat of the Central Headquarters
of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army (FARC-EP)
Dear comrades:
It is with great sadness that we received your message informing us of the death of Comrade Manuel Marulanda Velez, who for over 44 years has been a leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army (FARC-EP).
The revolutionary movement of Colombia and throughout Latin America has lost a prestigious fighter and a revolutionary whose name and life have been linked to the struggle against imperialism, for social liberation and socialism, and whose contributions were decisive for the growth of anti-imperialist movements that have developed in recent years in Latin America. The best tribute that we can pay to honor his memory is to continue the struggle to its final victory.
Our Party remains firmly supportive of the struggle waged by the FARC-EP and by the popular movement of Colombia, which is, after all, for peace with social justice. This struggle is all the more relevant today that it is waged in a situation of escalating aggressiveness of the reactionary regime of Uribe and of U.S. imperialism. We support the struggle for recognition of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army (FARC-EP) as a belligerent force, for the immediate withdrawal of the name of the FARC-EP from the list of terrorist organizations established by the Union European and for progress towards the signing of the humanitarian agreement on exchanging prisoners, that the regime Uribe refuses.
Please convey to all comrades and all combatants FARC-EP our most sincere condolences and our revolutionary greetings.
The Central Committee of Communist Party of Greece
e-mail:cpg@int.kke.gr