1953 Colombian coup d'état
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The 1953 Colombian coup d'état was the coup followed by seizing of power, by Colombia's commander in chief Gustavo Rojas Pinilla on June 13, 1953. Colombia was ruled by Rojas Pinilla's military dictatorship until the Colombian coup of May 10, 1957, when he was forced to step down and hand over power to a military junta.[1]
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| 1953 Colombian coup d'état | |||||||
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| Part of La Violencia | |||||||
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 Colombian government (Gómez faction |
Colombian government (Pinilla faction) | ||||||
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Laureano Gómez |
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla | ||||||
- (Colombia Coup 1953) Archived 2006-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
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