Jorge Eliécer Gaitán

Jorge Eliécer Gaitán. Self: Un Jardín Adentro de La Violencia. Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala was a Colombian politician and socialist leader. He served as Bogotá's mayor in 1936, as Colombia's Education Minister in 1940, and as its Labor Minister from 1943-1944. He was twice a Presidential candidate in Colombia for the 1946 and 1950 elections. Favored to win as leader of the Colombian Liberal Party during his second campaign, he...