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Una miniserie documental sobre la vida y obra del expresidente de Colombia, Alfonso López Pumarejo.

On April 9, 1948, lawyer and charismatic leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán was assassinated and his enraged followers wreak havoc in Downtown Bogotá

Friday April 9, 1948 a day like any other in the city of Bogotá until at one in the afternoon, Juan Roa Sierra shot Jorge Eliécer Gaitán.

José María Córdova, his family life and his military training at the time of the reconquest of Pablo Morillo.

Against his father's will, Córdova continued his military career alongside Manuel Roergas Serviez. Pablo Morillo installs a permanent council of war to punish the disloyal New Granadans.

Córdova is sentenced to death in a court martial, but the llaneros come to his defense. José María is released and goes in search of the Liberator. In February 1819, the Congress of Angostura was held.

Córdova goes to Tame to meet Francisco Delaware Paula Santander. On July 25, 1819, the battle of the Pantano Delaware Vargas was fought, where Colonel Juan José Rondón attacked with his lanceros and defeated the Spanish army.

Simona Duque does not want to accept the economic recognition that Colonel Córdova gives her. In the province of Antioquia, the collection progresses, however, the commander suffers an accident on horseback that leaves him in bed.

Córdova recovers little by little and decides to go to battle against the royalists in Remedios, but they open several war fronts in Antioquia. Under his command, the patriots achieved victory in the Chorros Blancos ravine.

The first civil war begins in Colombia. Córdova's men fight against General O'Leary's troops. Córdova is wounded in the development of the operations and is assassinated for defending the ideals of freedom.

Alfonso López Pumarejo agrees to have a biographical novel written about him. Thus, the former president begins to tell the story of his family, the López and the Pumarejo.

Alfonso López began his political career in the House of Representatives around 1916, there he met his future friend Laureano Gómez. The López company reaches such growth that Pedro decides to hand over the administration to Alfonso.

López narrates his last days in the presidency until he resigned in 1945, how he was Colombia's delegate to the UN and how he endured the assassination of Gaitán and the coup d'estado of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. Dies in London in 1959.