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 Simón Bolívar 1783–1830  - Caracas, Spain, Venezuela. France, 

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Columbia Encyclopedia

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El Libertador

led independence wars in the present nations of Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.


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Writing available on the net


Commentaries

History of Simon Bolivar (http://www.bolivarmo.com/history.htm)

The Life of Simon Bolivar (http://www.crystalbeach.com/history.htm)

Bolivar's War

Gabriel García Márquez's novel The General in his Labyrinth (1989), a fictionalized account of Bolívar's last years

Brigadier General Antonio Valero de Bernabé

biographies by J. L. Salcedo-Bastardo (1983) and D. Wepman (1985); bibliography by R. Gordon (1976).

 


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