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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The life of Simon Bolivar "Simon Bolivar's liberation of five countries from the Spanish yoke."

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Bolivar, Simon, death of, 260.

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Bolivar, Simon, character, 37; joins patriot cause, 38; career in Venezuela and Colombia, 39-42; in Ecuador and Peru, 43, 44; interest in Isthmian canal, 147; summons Panama Congress, 292.

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Bolívar, Simón, Venezuelan general, 129, 154.

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