Bolívar, Simón

1. A Venezuelan revolutionary leader of the early nineteenth century who fought Spanish troops for the independence of countries in northern South America . The areas where Bolívar fought are now in Venezuela , Colombia , Ecuador , Peru , and Bolivia , which was named in his honor.

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Simon Bolivar Tabio dabbed at his reddened eyes with a white handkerchief.

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Simon Bolivar was a native of Caraccas, and belonged to one of the most respectable and wealthy families of that city.

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Among the Venezuelans was Simon Bolivar, who afterwards became the most important personage in the struggle for independence.

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The first occurred in 1823, when Simon Bolivar offered to aid the disaffected party by throwing an invading force into the island.

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The following passage from the life of Don Simon Bolivar might allay many motus animorum, if rightly pondered.

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