Friday, October 10, 2008

Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolution

Simon bolivar is known as the liberator because he has organized a military force to fight against the spanish rule on the northern part of south america. His main concern was on venezuela, ecuador, peru, colombia, bolivia for their independence. The reason why Simon Bolivar got a country after him was because one day in 1823, bolivar and sucre planned an attack to the spanish army. A year later on Auguste 6 1824, they both defeated the spanish army in the battle of Junin. On August 6, 1825, Sucre called the Congress of Upper Peru which created the Republic of Bolivia in honor of BolĂ­var. Simon bolivar is a very big hero for the south american countries becuase he has gave them their independence and created the LATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

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