Simon Bolivar, El Liberator, The George Washington of South America...
There's a reason he holds these titles as he rightfully earned them.
Venezuela born, his parents died when he was young. He traveled and studied in Europe and The United States...
He learned of the Enlightenment, and the American and French revolutions. He was inspired by the grand works of democracy and freedom to the people. It was time for him to free the Latin Countries from Spain...
Building up armies, he moved into battle with the armies of Spain. Though he had early defeats, he would easily avoid capture and come again with more troops. Never leading a force over ten thousand, focusing on surprise and the decision of battle, he quickly defeated the forces of Spain. Columbia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru were soon free from Spanish forces due to the contributions of El Liberator.
Fighting for the freedom of his Latin countries, Bolivar was succesful... also to the south, Jose de San Martin helped Argentina win it's independence and soon Mexico was liberated, Brazil was independent from Portugal as well.
Latin America was free... Spain had little to no control of South America.
A great military general, Simon Bolivar will be remembered as a legendary hero to Latin American people. Bolivia a country Simon helped liberated is named after him.
Although he was a great general, his ruling power collapsed and the countries under him divided into their own governments. He didn't had the influence that George Washington had... but he was pretty darn close.
Remembered forever, a remarkable hero... a revolutionist! Can we not follow his example?
Friday, October 10, 2008
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