Colombia: Goodbye FARC Rebels, Hello FARC Politicians

BOGOTÁ, Colombia - The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are changing into, well, the FARC; the rebels are completing their transition from an armed insurgent group to a political party known as the Alternative Revolutionary Force of the Community.

As part of its "foundational conclave" in Bogotá, the group's figures decided on the name that will keep the FARC initials intact and will present itself as a political party whose symbol will be a red rose with a five-pointed star in the middle of the petals.

The information about the party's future was shared on the twitter account of Rodrigo Londoño, whose former alias was Timochenko, the top leader of the FARC.

Londoño said that there was a vote on the new name of the political party; 628 of the delegates voted to maintain the initials with which the group has operated for over half a century while 264...