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Died. Alfonso Lopez Pumarejo, 73, two-term (1934-38, 1942-45) President of Colombia, who pushed through a series of economic reforms, tried to mediate between Liberals and Conservatives in Colombia's bloody civil war but was forced into exile (1952) by Conservative mobs who burned his home; in London, where he was serving as ambassador after returning to favor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 30, 1959 | 11/30/1959 | See Source »

President Alfonso Lopez Pumarejo, temporarily discommoded by something that tried to be a revolution, President Alfonso Lopez Pumarejo, temporarily discommoded by something that tried to be a revolution, returned to work in Bogota...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLOMBIA,THE HEMISPHERE: How Dare You! | 7/24/1944 | See Source »

...like the way our pilots are stunting over this crowd," said the President-Elect Eduardo Santos last week to War Minister Alberto Pumarejo as they stood on a brilliantly bedight reviewing stand, surrounded by Colombian dignitaries and their wives, watching a review opening Bogotá's great new military field, Campo de Marte...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLOMBIA: Death & Bolivar | 8/1/1938 | See Source »

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