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...constitutional guarantees for 30 days. At week's end it appeared that at least 100 people had been killed and 300 wounded in two days and a night of fighting and demonstrating. The rioting at times had been so fierce that some Latin American diplomats dubbed it el Limazo, a reference to the bloody riots known as el Bogotazo. which took place in Bogota, Colombia, 27 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERU: The Limazo Riots | 2/17/1975 | See Source »

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