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Remembering Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, 60 years after his murder

Wednesday 9 April 2008 17:01

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.

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