Colombia's Bold Gamble for Peace

摘要

Will the current peace process actually bring an end to decades of political violence in Columbia. Right now, that seems doubtful. Some fractions among the guerrillas have already rejected the peace process and have vowed to continue the armed struggle. They are the seeds of new guerrilla organizations. Some guerrilla leaders will find the political prizes sufficient to keep them in town, but not all will obtain power equivalent to the power they exercised in the guerilla armies. For some, the armed struggle has become a way of life, an enterprise--and one with a considerable cash flow. Facing the pedestrian and less rewarding tasks of civilian life, some will drift back to the mountains, to ordinary banditry, or to new guerilla organizations.