Simon Bolivar

Simon Bolivar came from Venezuela and was clearly fond of it.  He was born in 1783. As a young lad he studied in Europe for several years and then returned to South America. He became general in 1813 and started a long campaign on Independence which was run from Venezuela and covered Mexico to Argentina. The war lasted for 19 years and often wasn’t decisive. He is famous throughout South America and always called El Libertador. He was also the president of Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Bolivia. He died in 1840.