Simon Bolivar

Simon Jose Antonio de la Santisima Trinidad Bolivar, known as Simon Bolivar the liberator of South America, was born in July 24, 1783. His parents died when he was in the age of 9. He was raised by his uncle.He went to Europe where he witnessed the coronation of napoleon and gradually became drawn to the idea of revolution. He began to liberate the south American countries in 1800's. The countries he leberated were Bolivia, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. This the reason why he's very famous, if it wasn't for him liberating these countries he wouldn't be famous. He was president of Peru in 1825. The country of Bolivia was named after because the country wanted to honor him for liberating their country. All of the South American countries were liberated by him except Brazil, from the Spaniards.In 1819 he defeated the Spanish and established the republic of Greater Colombia. The Republic of Greater Colombia included the present day countries Venezuela, Colombia, Panama and Ecuador.