guerrilla
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On Saturday, tens of thousands of people had rallied in Pristina to demand the acquittal of Thaci and other former guerrilla leaders.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Museveni has kept his own views on the succession quiet, but as a former guerrilla army leader, many assume he favours his son.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Under the departing President Gustavo Petro, a former leftist guerrilla, the government embarked on simultaneous peace negotiations with about a dozen narco-trafficking groups to urge them to disarm and abandon drug smuggling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Giaconda Belli, a writer and former guerrilla who left the Sandinista party in 1990 and now lives in exile, said she knows firsthand that removing an authoritarian leader is possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
The men became excited and craned to get a better look, and indeed, the heavily forested area appeared as though it could shelter a nascent guerrilla force.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
For generations, these documents were little more than family heirlooms that served as painful reminders of fortunes lost after the revolution led by Fidel Castro’s bearded guerrillas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Since the coup, some of Myanmar's myriad ethnic minority factions have banded with pro-democracy guerrillas to fight the armed forces.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Petro tried unsuccessfully to negotiate peace with criminal groups, but experts say guerrillas used the talks to grow in strength.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
That is 55% more than in 2000, when the U.S. began providing Colombia billions in equipment and training to roll back drug production and Marxist guerrillas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
For the next few days, the guerrillas stuck to narrow jungle footpaths, moving at a steady jog to avoid any of the American or South Vietnamese patrols in the area.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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