Simón Bolívar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (English: /ˈbɒlɪvər, -vɑːr/ BOL-iv-ər, -ar,[1] also US: /ˈboʊlɪvɑːr/ BOH-liv-ar,[2]Spanish: [siˈmom boˈliβaɾ] (listen);[a] 24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830) was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire. He is known colloquially as El Libertador, or the Liberator of America. Simón Bolívar was born in Caracas in the Captaincy General of Venezuela into […]
