Remembering Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, 60 years after his murder
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Wednesday 9 April 2008 17:01 COT
"Happiness", Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (right) with Gloria, his daughter (© El Espectador)
Today Colombians mark the 60th anniversary of the assassination of Liberal Party’s leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán. This week, equinoXio will bring our English-language readers a small special tribute to his legacy, his ideas, and the consequences of his murder, regarded as one of the main causes to the subsequent violence which keeps storming our country. As BBC’s Henry Mance writes, "just as many Americans recall the date of President John F Kennedy’s assassination, 22 November 1963, older generations of Colombians regard 9 April 1948 as a momentous moment in their country’s history." We will include some reactions from the local blogosphere, a biographical sketch, a review on a Caracol TV / The History Channel documentary to be broadcast tonight, and another related material:
- 9 April: The blogosphere on Jorge Eliécer Gaitán’s murder 60th anniversary, by Carlos Raúl van der Weyden Velásquez
- 10 April: The day God speaks, by Sentido Común
- 10 April: And that is the (hi)story, by Víctor Buitrago
Tags: assassination, Bogotazo, Bogotá, Colombian Liberal Party, Colombian politics, Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Laureano Gómez, Mariano Ospina Pérez, murder, obituaries, populism
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