Talk:President Gaitan

There are a lot of questions that I still don't know how to deal with.

In Colombia, there are two important facts that would take place in 1950, if Gaitan survives:
 * 1) Gaitan would surely be elected president.
 * 2) Gómez would not be elected presidetn.

This would map diferently the political violence in Colombia and the conformation of the Liberal Guerillas, some of which would later become Communist Guerrillas.

I cannot see conservative guerrillas evolving in communist ones. So this might prevent current guerilla situation in Colombia.

However, Colombia was not the only Latin America country in which the communist guerrillas were formed in the 1960's. So communist guerrillas could happen anyhow.

But: most of those guerrillas movements were inspired or directly supported by the revolution in Cuba.

If the revolution in Cuba fails (a proposed consequence of this POD), then this support and inspiration would not be there.

--Chlewey 14:25, 7 Feb 2005 (PST)