How important was Jorge Eliecer Gaitán to people from Bogotá?

Jorge Eliecer Gaitán was without doubt a really important politician for Bogotá, and his assassination caused one of the most awful riots in the city, "El Bogotázo". Why was he so important for Bogotá's citizenship? Was he so relevant for Bogotá that his death could caused a riot of this huge magnitude?

Jorge Eliécer Gaitán was one of the most important politicians of the Colombian history. he was one of the most charismatic Colombian leaders that the country has, and he was presidential candidate the day he was muredered and the violence in Colombia began.

Jorge Eliecer Gaítan was a important politic in Bogotá just the reason of giving his ideas to the society in which his intention was to improve the world; therefore each of the habitants of Bogotá shows happiness and hopes of a constructive and secure society that this leader could implement, but also he demonstrated importance when the dark and scary of the days that this leader was killed, everyone in the city gets crazy and start to fight and desesperate that everyone lost their hope.

In my opinion he was one of the most important voices the country that work in hard manner against the local administrative corruption and also the injustices in the banna slaughter that took the life of many people.

In my opinion the importance of Jorge Eliecer Gaitan lies in what he represented as a political leader and the mark left in the country. His legacy seems to survive in the mentality of the population.

I think that the importance he had in his days was so big that it was the reason why the M-19 and the violence in Colombia started. He was so important, thanks to the fact that he was fighting corruption and inequality in the country, something never made before.

He was a leader who had a great charisma and a great capacity for been a leader, society itself saw hem as the last hope for a country that was in a political conflict.

Jorge Eliecer Gaitan captained the "national home" who courageously faced the political country noting politicking, corruption, fraud and deception he was important for comunity becuase he was the key to liberate the Colombia of corruption making it just.

jorgerey"Jorge Eliecer Gaitán was without doubt a really important politician for Bogotá, and his assassination caused one of the most awful riots in the city, "El Bogotázo". Why was he so important for Bogotá's citizenship? Was he so relevant for Bogotá that his death could caused a riot of this huge magnitude?" there a moment where ideas are more important than life "and death is a tragedy, but the death of many people is just and statistic" Staling. jorge eliecer was the hope of a country the riaction of the people was nesesary.

Jorge Eliecer Gaitán was really important. he didn´t want fame, fortune or gloy. he just wanted to help people in a total legal way. He was truly a man for the people, one of a few Colombia has ever had. He didn´t die in vein. That is why when he did people went out defending him.

Jorge eliecer gaitan becouse he was the only one that in that time was looking something that will help the people, everyone and he tried t join this country since it was soy seapered, but when he was killed he cause the last civil war in Colombia el bogotso

Jorge Eliecer Gaitan has been without doubt one of the important politicians in the history of Colombia, for his charisma and great knowledge. His death also produced "the bogotazo" and thanks to his death begins bipartisan violence in Colombia.

Alejandro Salamanca wrote:Jorge Eliecer Gaitan has been without doubt one of the important politicians in the history of Colombia, for his charisma and great knowledge. His death also produced "the bogotazo" and thanks to his death begins bipartisan violence in Colombia.

Desuneee, Jorge eliecer Gaitán has had such an impact in this country, he is one of those people that only come once in a blue moon.