History of Simon Bolivar Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) Simon Bolivar was one of South America's greatest generals. His victories over the Spaniards won independence for Bolivia, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. He is called El Liberator (The Liberator) and the George Washington of South America. Bolivar was born in July 24, 1783, at Caracas, Venezuela. His parents died when he was a ...

Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Sim n de Bolivar: Message to the Congress of Angostura, 1819 We are not Europeans; we are not Indians; we are but a mixed species of aborigines and Spaniards. Americans by birth and Europeans by law, we find ourselves engaged in a dual conflict: we are disputing with the natives for titles of ownership, and at the same time we are ...

The Life of Simon Bolivar. Bolivar Peninsula was founded in 1820 and is named for Simon Bolivar, patriot, statesman and liberator of five South American Republics. A Spanish subject by birth, Simon Bolivar was born in Caracas, Venezuela on July 24, 1783. Bolivar's life was dedicated to the independence of the then Spanish colonies, and the dream of Latin American unity. These activities cost him ...

Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) South American Liberator Simon Bolivar, the Liberator, organized and led military forces, never numbering more than then thousand, to free the northern portion of South America from Spanish rule in the early nineteenth century. His direct action resulted in independence for Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia. While others talked or dreamed of independence, ...