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Lost Contact. The real winner was former Strongman Gustavo Rojas Pi-nilla, 66, a general who came to power with the aid of the military in 1953 as their unsuccessful candidate to end the vendetta and was removed by the military in 1957, after having disgusted Colombia with censorship and pilfering of public funds. Last week, though ignored throughout the campaign by TV and press, and personally forbidden to run, Rojas had the satisfaction of seeing his ANAPO party win half a million votes, 18% of the total-making him the unofficial and highly embarrassing leader of the opposition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colombia: A Threat of Daggers | 4/1/1966 | See Source »

Political murder, the scourge of Colombia, is on the rise again. Last week alone, there were eight killings; there have been more than 100 since last June, when Lieut. General Gustavo Rojas Pi-nilla seized the presidency of Colombia and promised "no more bloodshed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLOMBIA: The Habit of Murder | 1/18/1954 | See Source »

...Gustavo Rojas Pi-nilla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATIONAL AFFAIRS,INTERNATIONAL & FOREIGN,SQUALLS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN,OBIT,OTHER EVENTS,SJPEli it OUf: (THIS TEST COVERS THE PERIOD FROM LATE JUNE THROUGH MID-OCTOBER 1953) | 10/26/1953 | See Source »

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