"Let us hasten to break the chains of those who groan in the dungeons waiting for

salvation from you. Do not betray their trust. Do not be deaf to the cries of your brothers. Avenge

the dead, save the dying, relieve the oppressed, and bring freedom to all!" Those were the powerful words written by Simon Bolivar, which persuaded the people of Colombia to support him with the liberation of foreign states. Never before has South America seen a leader as determined as Bolivar, a man willing to sacrifice his life for the rights and freedom of the people by any means necessary. He was an excellent horseback rider, a man who killed a monk with his sword, an excellent strategist in the battleground, a general who enlisted the help of cannibals in his army, a man who escaped several assassination attempts, and a boy who played badminton with a young Spanish prince Ferdinand in his palace. They fit the description of Simon Bolivar; a man who accomplished more during his forty-seven years of lifetime, than forty seven men could hope to achieve in a hundred years. The Latin American Wars of Independence do not form an easy to tell narrative; there were different levels of violenc

replied to the angry remarks of the Spanish ambassador by saying "the Pope must have little respect for the symbol of Christianity if he wears it on his sandals, whereas the proudest sovereigns of Christendom affix it to their crowns". When the Royal army was finally destroyed, Bolivar's military allies proved more dangerous than Spain itself, because it was their corruptive minds and lack of cooperation which made it so difficult, and often impossible, for Bolivar to reach his goal of unification. Every president, congressman, or delegate had his own individual ambitions, which often collided with the ambitions of others. This drove the infant nations apart, hostile towards each other, and hostile towards Bolivar himself. In the famous Jamaica letter, Bolivar observed that "it is not the Spaniards but our own lack of unity that has brought us again to slavery".

Bolivar's lasting achievement was the liberation of six separate nations: Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Because of the disappointing meeting at the Congress of Panama in 1824, Bolivar realized that his dream about a strong confederation among the former Spanish colonies was never going to happen, but he still urged the people of South America to remain unified and to continue their sacrifices until the well being of the scattered republics could be reached. The leaders of the countries that owed their independence to Bolivar were not anxious to recognize their debt. The government of Venezuela even refused to allow his body onto Venezuelan soil, and he was buried in Colombia. It was 12 years before Bolivar's family could bring his remains back to his homeland. Since then his reputation has risen steadily. Today many Spanish Americans consider Bolivar one of the leading heroes of the independence movement and one of the early supporters of republican government in Spanish America.

Simon Bolivar saw his life as a failure; however, history has judged him differently. Exiled from his own country of Venezuela, Bolivar retired to Colombia where the people no longer appreciated him. Shortly before his death in 1830, he made the following conclusions about his experiences: America is ungovernable for us; he who serves the revolution plows the seas; the only thing we can do in America is emigrate; this country will infallibly fall into the hands of an unbridled crowd of pe

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