More than a decade after the end of the cold war has chilled the marxist rebel movements around the world, one hot spot remains--colombia. Why a democratic country with a growing economy should still feel the brushfires ...More than a decade after the end of the cold war has chilled the marxist rebel movements around the world, one hot spot remains--colombia. Why a democratic country with a growing economy should still feel the brushfires of a civil war is a mystery to u.s. Analysts, but not to certain parties on the other side of the world.