The Assassination of Gaitan: Public Life and Urban Violence in Colombia by Herbert Braun
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is a thoroughly researched, fast-paced account of the Colombian politician’s on-again-off-again political career, culminating in a sudden, pointless assassination. Coming after the "Thousand Days" civil war era, this act of violence triggered extensive violence and rioting in Bogotá. The author works hard to make clear the murky politics of the era, the key players, and the high-strung state of the populace at a time when the Pan America Conference brought many to the country, including a riot-participating Fidel Castro.
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