noun
1. a Marxist terrorist group formed in 1963 by Colombian intellectuals who were inspired by the Cuban Revolution; responsible for a campaign of mass kidnappings and resistance to the government's efforts to stop the drug trade
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ELN kidnappers target foreign employees of large corporations
• Syn: ↑National Liberation Army
• Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act
• Regions: ↑Colombia, ↑Republic of Colombia
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑terrorist organization, ↑terrorist group, ↑foreign terrorist organization, ↑FTO
2. a terrorist organization in Bolivia that acts as an umbrella for numerous small indigenous subversive groups; a revival of a group with Marxist-Leninist ideologies originally established by Che Guevara in the 1960s
• Syn: ↑National Liberation Army, ↑Nestor Paz Zamora Commission, ↑CNPZ
• Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act
• Regions: ↑Bolivia, ↑Republic of Bolivia
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑terrorist organization, ↑terrorist group, ↑foreign terrorist organization, ↑FTO
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eln(eobs. var. of ell.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.