Known throughout Latin America as El Libertador , Venezuelan revolutionary Simón Bolívar was one of the most important leaders in the wars of independence from Spain. Recently revived by Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez for his own political programwhich he has called 'the Bolívarian...
The Venezuelan revolutionary Sim n Bol var, also known as El Libertador, sought to lead Latin America to independence from the Spanish in the early nineteenth century. Ever since he has been held as a model for subsequent Latin American radicals; Hugo Ch vez, President of...