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IIIustrations Map of downtown Bogota, 1948 12 The Gaitanista torchlight parade on the Calle Real, September 22, 1945 93 Gaitan delivering the oration in the Plaza de Santamaria, September 23, 1945 95 A Gaitanista campaign rally in the Plaza de Bolivar, April 1946 109 Caricature of Gaitan 117 The many faces of Gaitan 123 The Gaitanista "tribe" 125 Gaitanista clothing 126 Gaitan addressing the Manifestacion del Silencio in the plaza de Bolivar, February 7, 1948 128 An early Liberal-Gaitanista protester on the Calle Real 139 President Ospina Perez at the agricultural fair moments before the assassination 141 The crowd searches for order in the plaza de Bolivar 145 The bogotazo 153 The crowd destroys the Gobernacion de Cundinamarca on the Avenida Jimenez, a half block from the site of the assassination 156 The body of the assassin lies before the doors of the Presidential Palace 158 Rioters overturn an automobile on the steps of the Capitol 160 The Calle Real leading into the plaza de Bolivar, two weeks after the bogotazo 165 The dead of the bogotazo in the Cementerio Central 170 The armed pueblo holds the Colombian national flag 172 The convivialistas toast to the return of social order 196 ix ...

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