Actually the FARC, Chavez, Castro, Ortega, Correa, and Morales are puppets of North American and European Imperialism. The word Banana Republic is a racist term used by North American and European Imperialism to justify their support for terrorism. The FARC Grew because the Europeans and North Americans had a love for drugs such as Cocaine and Marijuana. I say this as a US Latin born in Ohio and I remember how Europeans and North Americans [including their elite] dealth with the FARC to buy drug