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1 day ago · Learn about the life and legacy of Simón Bolívar, the Venezuelan statesman and military leader who liberated six countries from Spanish rule in South America. Find out about his early years, his political and military career, his achievements and challenges, and his influence and impact.
3 days ago · Early in 1813 the revolutionary junta appointed Simón Bolívar commander of the Venezuelan forces. Bolívar, a wealthy Creole landowner born in Caracas in 1783, had many reverses in his war against the Spanish.
1 day ago · The original name was the Republic of Bolívar. A few days later, congressman Manuel Martín Cruz proposed: "If from Romulus, Rome, then from Bolívar, Bolivia" (Spanish: "Si de Rómulo, Roma; de Bolívar, Bolivia"). The name was approved by the Republic on 3 October 1825. Simón Bolívar is also known as "The Liberator".
3 days ago · Bolívar’s recommendation of a powerful president-for-life and a hereditary or life senate, resembling the structures of constitutional monarchy with republican ornamentation, was never followed. The predominant model was that of the regime that Spanish liberals had set up in 1812.
1 day ago · Since the office was established in 1825, 65 men and 2 women have served as president. The first president, Simón Bolívar, was elected by the General Assembly of Deputies of the Province of Upper Peru. For purposes of numbering, members of jointly-ruling juntas and other governing bodies are not included in the official count of presidents ...
2 days ago · The rebel forces in Casanare joined those of Simón Bolívar in the Orinoco basin of Venezuela. By 1819 arrangements for a regular government were completed, and a constitutional convention met at Angostura (now Ciudad Bolívar , Venezuela) with delegates from Casanare and some Venezuelan provinces.
2 days ago · Cortesía . In the morning hours of this Friday, September 27th, a group of people, including cargo and passenger transport, formal and informal vendors from the La Parada district in Norte de Santander, blocked the entry and exit of vehicles through the Simón Bolívar international bridge that connects Venezuela with Colombia, in rejection of the controls and exorbitant charges by Colombian officials to Venezuelans.
