ABSTRACT
This chapter provides arguments to prove that the idea of a regional revolution is not accurate. In the Ecuadorian case, it is difficult to define with precision if the existence of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) camps were possible given Rafael Correa’s tolerance or his incapacity to respond effectively. Evidence of confrontation between FARC and Alternativa Bolivariana para las Americas governments and the insurgents is sufficient to conclude that each of the agents was also acting according to their own interests, leaving the idea of a single monolithic regional revolution without ground. Connections with political and social movements also demonstrate how a regional revolution scenario is unreal. FARC never gained the strategic capacity to become a powerful regional army, and the internal conditions and realities in each of the countries constrained armed movements, to the extent that it was always utopian to think about actions through the region as a whole.
