biography
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Bolívar, Simón
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known as the Liberator
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pronunciation:
[boleevah(r), boli
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| male
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| lived:
| (1783–1830)
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| biography:
| The national hero of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, born in Caracas. Having travelled in Europe, he played the most prominent part in the wars of independence in N South America. In 1819, he proclaimed and became president of the vast Republic of Colombia (modern Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador), which was finally liberated in 1822. He then took charge of the last campaigns of independence in Peru (1824). In 1826 he returned N to face growing political dissension. He resigned office (1830), and died on his way into exile. |
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