Colombia, 1958 — dissident coup conspiracy
Event Summary
The dataset records an event coded as a dissident conspiracy in Colombia on 4 December 1958, during the first months of the National Front presidency of Alberto Lleras Camargo, the Liberal inaugurated in August 1958 as the first president under the bipartisan power-sharing arrangement. Former dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla had returned from exile on 12 October 1958, an event that, according to United States diplomatic records, occasioned considerable plotting, some overt but most covert, and raised fears of a violent overthrow of the democratic National Union government headed by Lleras Camargo. The government was preparing to try Rojas on 15 December 1958 for constitutional violations.
The coded early-December 1958 conspiracy fits this Rojas-linked plotting against the new National Front government during a tense period of consolidation.
Researched Details
Researched
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Sources
Editorial Note
Cross-Reference
Only one dataset carries it. One of the three reference datasets we check against carries this event; the others do not list it. That is not a contradiction — the datasets cover different periods and use different thresholds — but it means the record has had less outside corroboration.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
10012041958
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: The Lleras Camargo government withstood the plotting and tried Rojas Pinilla in December 1958.
Baseline coding: Plot discovered and disrupted before execution. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
New York Times
Washington Post and Times Herald
This is the citation trail carried by the baseline dataset, grouped by outlet and rejoined from the line-wrapped original. Coup Atlas has not independently re-checked every document; read the original before citing a specific claim. URLs the import damaged beyond safe repair are shown as plain text and listed in citations-report.md. How this list is built →