Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco was a Venezuelan military officer and statesman who led what are currently the countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela to independence from the Spanish Empire. He is known colloquially as El Libertador, or the Liberator of America.
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Battle of BoyacáPart of Bolivar's campaign to liberate New Granada
Battle of Carabobo1821 battle of the Venezuelan War of Independence
Congress of AngosturaSouth American revolutionary congress
Congress of CúcutaConstituent assembly that created Gran Colombia
Bolívar's campaign to liberate New GranadaMilitary campaign in Venezuelan War of Independence (1819–1820)
Manuela SáenzEcuadorian revolutionary heroine (1797–1856)
Francisco de MirandaVenezuelan military leader (1750–1816)Venezuelan War of IndependenceConflict between the Spanish Empire and its Venezuelan colonies (1810-23)
Septembrine Conspiracy1828 assassination attempt on Simón Bolívar
