Colombia 1000 Pesos 2005 P456 Unc

On 9 April 1948, three gunshots fired on a bustling street in downtown Bogotá altered the course of South American history forever. The victim was Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, a charismatic lawyer, politician, and the undisputed leader of Colombia’s Liberal Party. Widely expected to win the upcoming presidential election, Gaitán was more than a mere candidate; he was a secular saint to the country’s marginalized working classes and rural peasantry. next...