From 'Bogotazo' to Miguel Uribe: the Attacks that Have Marked Colombia's Electoral History

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Colombia revives the bad memory of the worst times of political violence: the attacks on presidential candidates such as Miguel Uribe, a right-wing senator shot on Saturday during a public act. Magnicide is another stain in Colombian politics, from a tragic series that began with the assassination of a liberal leader in 1948. Then, between 1987 and 1990, four presidential candidates fell victim to attacks by hitmen apparently paid by the cocaine…

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Few democracies in the world have suffered with such intensity and frequency the tragedy of seeing their presidential candidates fall under bullets like Colombia. Over the last century, the country has seen how leaders with real options to reach the head of state have been killed or attacked in the middle of the campaign, in episodes that have not only mourned the nation, but have altered the political direction of the country, truncated reconci…

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Few democracies in the world have suffered with such intensity and frequency the tragedy of seeing their presidential candidates fall under bullets like Colombia. The entry from Bogota to today: the attacks that have marked the electoral history of Colombia was first published in the Digital Process.