Arturo Alape is one of the top specialists in Colombian insurgent struggles of the past decades as well as possessing the most knowledge about the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia Army of the People (FARC-EP) This author and journalist has had, throughout his life, the privilege of climbing on numerous occasions the mountains of his country, where the insurgents move like fish in water, to interview Comandante Manuel Marulanda Velez "Tirofijo", and relate his testimony in a great number of articles and books published in Latin America. He received the "Casa de las Americas" prize for his book "El Bogotazo" and has worked intensely investigating popular indigenous leaders.
