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9 de abril de 1948

  • The Colombian populist liberal leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán is assassinated in Bogotá; this results in the popular uprising known as "El Bogotazo". Fidel participates in these events. That very day he was to have met with Gaitán.
Friday, April 9, 1948
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