Alternate Timelines

Scenarios about 'Jorge Eliécer Gaitán'

Colombian Liberal Party leader and populist politician whose assassination on April 9, 1948, sparked the violent riots known as the Bogotazo and intensified Colombia's period of civil conflict called La Violencia. Gaitán's progressive platform advocating for the rural poor and working class made him a leading presidential contender, and his death represents a critical turning point in Colombian history that altered the nation's political trajectory and social development.

What If Bogotá Developed Without Decades of Conflict?

Exploring the alternate timeline where Colombia's capital avoided La Violencia and subsequent guerrilla conflicts, potentially becoming one of Latin America's most prosperous and innovative urban centers.