Bogotazo

When

9 Apr 1948

Kind

Riot

Coordinates

4.60° N, 74.08° W

Description

massive riots in Bogotá, Colombia

1948 riots in Bogotá, Colombia

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 President Mariano Ospina Pérez. The 10-hour riot left much of downtown Bogotá destroyed.

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• Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Liberal politician Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo) and a further 10 years of violence (La Violencia)…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le libéral Gaitán, qui entraîne ses troupes d’une opposition à l’État conservateur à une opposition à l’État tout court, est assassiné à Bogotá, ce qui…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Bogotá (Colombia), varios hombres asesina a tiros al político Jorge Eliécer Gaitán”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page