bogota-colombia Cairo Egypt New York New York three different cities on three separate continents it all three pay homage to Simon Bolivar a military and political leader who helped Latin America gain its independence from Spain in the early 19th century in 1783 Simon Bolivar was born in Caracas Venezuela a colony of Spain he belonged to a social class known as Creoles wealthy Latin Americans of European descent who owned ranches mines and businesses in South America boy livadas family owned several gold and copper mines after the death of his parents while Avadh moved to Spain and completed
his formal education in Europe it was there that he was first exposed to the Enlightenment ideas of liberty equality and fraternity and the concept of representative government that had been forged in the wake of the American and French Revolutions Bulova longed to liberate his people from Spanish control and bring a representative government to Venezuela he also sought to abolish slavery calling it the daughter of darkness in 1808 after napoleon bonaparte named his brother joseph the king of spain and all of its colonies Bulova joined the fight for venezuelan independence the first Republic of Venezuela was
established after an uprising in 1810 but it was toppled by Spanish forces in 1812 Oliva restored the Venezuelan republic in 1813 after several military engagements known as the admirable campaign during the campaign while eva in a bold maneuver led his troops over the Andes Mountains to surprise Spanish forces in Bogota after a series of victories his people proclaimed him and he bought the boat or the Liberator Oliva continued to sweep through Latin America securing an essential alliance with the Argentinian general Jose the Sun martinis together they liberated Peru in 1825 the Congress of upper Peru
created the Republic of Bolivia to honor Bulova in a speech called the Angostura address Bolivar said the most perfect system of government is that which results in the greatest possible measure of happiness and the maximum of social security and political stability Bolivar helped create Gran Colombia a federation that is now the countries of Colombia Venezuela Panama and Ecuador although the Federation would ultimately fail Bolivar acknowledged his people successful fight for independence telling them those who served the revolution have plowed the sea the countries that had formed Gran Colombia went on to govern themselves independently Simon
Bolivar died in 1830 to this day he stands as a source of inspiration in Latin America and throughout the world for his dedication to the Enlightenment ideas of liberty equality and fraternity [Music] you
