Impact of Armed Conflict On Civilians
The guerrilla organization FARC-EP has a 'significant presence' in the department as of 2011. They have frequently kidnapped oil workers in the first months of 2011. Fighting between guerrilla movements FARC-EP and Ejército de Liberación Nacional, neo-paramilitary groups and the Colombian Army has displaced thousands of civilians in 2010 and 2011. Political commentators say that the 'resurgence' of groups like FARC-EP in Vichada and other regions present an 'immense challenge' to the government of Juan Manuel Santos. Vichada is considered in the periphery of the Colombian armed conflict due to its remoteness from more populated regions.
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