Hero of Many Nations ( Simon Bolivar )

                                           Simon Bolivar

In the early 1800s, in the country that would become Venezuela, there lived a man with a big dream. He wanted the countries of Spanish South America to become independent from Spain and join together as one strong country.

This man was Simon Bolivar.For years he fought the Spanish in support of this dream, and many people came to help him from all over the world. Many of them sailed from Europe and  searched all over South America to find him.

Bolivar was born in 1783. His  liberation of New Granada-now Colombia ,Ecuador  and the part of  several other countries  - is one of the most daring acts in the history of war.  In the spring of 1819  he had a small army of 2500 men through floodwaters and across icy mountain passes, through places where there were no paths at all . Tired and hungry,  they finally arrived in Boyaca, near Bogota, the capital of new Granada. There they surprised a big Spanish army. Fighting fiercely, they beat the Spanish and freed New Granada.

Bolivar fought many battles to free other countries in South America, including his native Venezuela . His dream of freeing the South American countries from Spain come true. But even if he was never able to join all the different countries together as one nation,  he is one of the most important heroes in South America. The South American country of Bolivia was named in his honor.
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