| LC control no. | sh 93009055 |
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| Topical heading | Bogotazo, Bogotá, Colombia, 1948 |
| Variant(s) | Bogotá Riots, Bogotá, Colombia, 1948 |
| See also | Riots--Colombia |
| Found in | Work cat.: Vásquez Higuera, J.C. Gaitán, 1992: p. 212 (Bogotazo) Davis, R.H. Hist. dict. of Col., 1977 (Bogotazo; popular riots touched off on Apr. 9, 1948, by the assassination of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán; although the major outbursts were subdued by Apr. 11, the Bogotazo might be cited as the beginning of "the violence" which lasted for years in various parts of Colombia) Encyc. of Lat. Amer. (Bogotazo) Britannic Micro. (Bogotazo) Americana (Bogota; in 1948, during the Ninth Pan American Conference which drew up the present OAS Charter, the assassination of a popular political leader brought on a wave of rioting that left several thousand dead and great destruction) Gran encic. de Colombia: v. 2, pp. 538-539 (Insurrección nacional; followed assassination of Gaitan, 4/9/48) LC data base, 11/16/93 (Bogotazo (4 hits)) HLAS: v. 43, index (Bogotazo) |
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