Simon Bolivar had traits from George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Napoleon, all in one titanic personality. Born to wealth, he came to champion equal rights for all South ...
In 1821, Simón Bolívar launched a risky assault that broke Spanish control in Venezuela. The Battle of Carabobo lasted less ...
At the height of his glory in the mid-1820s, Simón Bolívar was simultaneously liberator-president of Greater Colombia (which then included what are today Venezuela, Panama and Ecuador), dictator of ...
During his glorious military career he logged 75,000 miles on horseback. Some might slyly suggest he also logged 75,000 lovers. But as "The Liberator" that his admirers call him, or as the libertine ...
The new film The Liberator is an attempt to bring the epic story of Simon Bolivar, the George Washington of Latin America, to international audiences. Directed by Venezuelan filmmaker Alberto Arvelo, ...