Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
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Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala was a Colombian politician and statesman who was the leader of the Liberal Party. A nationalist, he served as the mayor of Bogotá from 1936–37, the national Education Minist
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Memorial to Jorge Eliécer Gaitán in front of the place at which he was assassinated in Bogotá
Monument to Gaitán, in Medellín, Colombia
Bogotazo
Bogotazo
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El Bogotazo was a massive outbreak of rioting after the assassination in Bogotá, Colombia of Liberal leader and presidential candidate Jorge Eliécer Gaitán on 9 April 1948 during the government of Pre
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
…Education Minister from 1940–41, and the Labor Minister from 1943–44. He was assassinated during his second presidential campaign in 1948, setting off the Bogotazo and leading to the outbreak of a brutal ten-year civil war in Colombia known as La Violencia (1948–1958). His ideas, known as Gaitanismo, are considered…
Plaza de Bolívar fully occupied by protesters, carrying black armbands, flags, and signs claiming the Liberal Party and the iconic figure of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán.
The corpse of Juan Roa was displayed by the mob in the Bolívar Square