The Liberator of Latin America
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- Nice to meet you Bolivar! We have vast natural resources that could make us powerful.
- Bolivar Returning to Europe
- Bolivar Joined the Independence
- Bolivar Leading an Army
- Bolivar returned to Europe and met with several importantthinkers and politicians. One of them told Bolivar that the Spanish American colonies had vast natural resources that could make them powerful.
- Bolivar Making an Alliance
- Lets Form An Alliance
- Bolivar returned to South America and joined the independence movement.
- Bolivar for President
- Venezuela declared itself independent from Spain. In 1814, however, the Spanish fought back and Bolivar led an army that was forced to flee the country.
- Death of Bolivar
- Bolivar made alliances with two groups of guerrilla soldiers. Then is 1819, he devised a daring strategy to cross the Andes Mountains and surprise the Spanish. His army of 2,000 had to cross a sweltering jungle, the Orinoco River, and frigid mountain passes. Many died, but Bolivar's army surprised the Spanish and won four decisive battles.
- Bolivar believed that Europe had too many countries constantly fighting each other. "A single government," he argued, "may use its great resources to lift us to the summit of power and prosperity." Bolivar was then named president of the new republic
- Bolivar for President!!
- BOLIVAR!!
- Bolivar's body wracked by tuberculosis and his heart sick over a conflict, Bolivar retired in 1830 and died later that year.
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