Why is Simon Bolivar called the George Washington of South America?

Answer 1

let me tell you a little bit about Simón Bolívar. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela and he lived in the first part of the 19th century. He fought against Spanish domination in South America, and was the liberator and creator of 6 nations in these continent: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia (named in his honor) and Panama. He tried to unified all the Latin-American countries in one big nation. That's why the universal history gives to him the title of "The Liberator", for his heroic and epic deed.

Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) is called El Liberator (The Liberator) by people of Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela for liberating these countries from Spanish rule. He fought the Spanish armies in various capacities from 1810 t0 1824, to end Spanish power completely in South America in 1824.

Bolivar became a dictator of Peru in 1824. In 1825 Upper Peru separated from rest of that country which was named Bolivia in honor of Bolivar.

Simon Bolivar wanted to establish a union of South American states on the pattern of USA, but failed in his attempts. On the contrary feeling of resentment against him grew among many people and he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt

He led successful independence movements in South America.

Answer 2

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Think that he was the Liberator of Venezuela, not Haiti. He wanted to create a United States Of South America, ( GRAN COLOMBIA ) but ran into too much opposition. He named himself dictator in 1828, but resigned in 1830 and while preparing to sail to exile in Europe, he died from TB in Dec the same year.