The bogotazo is an
important assassination in
Colombia, which took place
in 1948
The death of José
Eliecer Gaitán
It is the period of time
where several
disturbances ocurred by
the fury of the country.
Also, it is called
"The violence"
It is a Colombian historical period
of the twentieth century in
which there were clashes
between sympathizers of the
Liberal party and the
Conservative Party
The origin of
guerrilla
movements
ELN
National
Liberation
Army
FARC
Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia
Polical instalibility
Polling
The elections, were among Gabriel
Turbay, Mariano Ospina and Jose
Eliecer Gaitan
Won Mariano Ospina
with 565.000 votes
Died Gabriel
Turbay in strange
circumstances
The pain of
Colombia, the
"control" of the
United States
José Eliecer Gaitán
Ayala
(January 23 th,
1903- April 9th,
1948)
He was a lawyer,
graduate of the
National University. He
was a political
candidate
He was a political
leader in the
political party
liberalism .
His ideas were
about the liberalism
and a good country
for the workers
He created "a campaign that sought the vote
of the most disadvantaged classes of society,
this managed to convince the Colombian
lower class, so it was believed that would be
the winner in the presidential election of
that year" (Notimerica.com, w.d)
The assassination
Jorge Eliecer Gaitánkilled at
one and five minutes in the
afternoon, by two shots in
the head and one in the chest
The killer was
Juan Roa Sierra
He was killed by an enraged
mob, who left him at the door
of what today is the house of
Nariño
1927- 1948
The destruction of the
democracy in Colombia
¿United States and Rusia?
It is believed that everything
was the work of the United
States, because I consider
Gaitán a danger to its
development as a country
It is the fear of the United States, to
have the first Latin American
communist country
They believed that Gaitan Was the bad person
because he had the voice
In this period of time, United States
and the Soviet Union were at war