Simon Bolivar was a famous war general who won the freedom for Bolivia, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Because of his accomplishments the people had named him "El Liberator" and later named a country after him in his honor. Bolivia's parents had died when he was still young and he ended up inheriting their fortune. Of course in order for him to be a great leader he had to be educated, one of which he ended up getting familiar with the works of the Enlightenment and of Greece and Rome.
Bolivar helped defeat many areas under Spain's control. He had lost respect for Napolean for betraying the republic ideals. He also had witnessed the proclamation of Napoleon as Emperor of France and later the coronation of Napoleon as King of Italy in Milan. When Napolean appointed his brother, Joseph, as king of Spain it launched a great revolt known as the "Peninsula War". Many things influenced Bolivar in his quest for revolution, the enlightenment thinkers and the French and American revolutions were some of these and the rest included his studies as a child.
Simon Bolivar was a great independence leader who's actions have influenced many of us today, along with the other revolutions, and has been honored in many ways. A monument of Simon is located in Chile, Santiago, along with every city and town in Venezuela and Columbia is named Plaza Bolivar, that usually has a bust or statue of Bolivar.
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