• I left my house for the Cathedral ... and the earth began to shake with a huge roar. ... I saw the church of San Jacinto collapse on its own foundations. ... I climbed...
  • Симо́н Боли́вар (полное имя — Симо́н Хосе́ Анто́нио де ла Санти́сима Тринида́д Боли́вар де ла Консепсьо́н-и-По́нте Пала́сиос-и-Бла́нко...
  • Simon Bolivar, Venezuelan soldier and statesman who led revolutions against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of New Granada (modern Colombia, Panama, Ecuador...
  • Venezuelan Simon Bolivar was the most important leader of South America's Independence movement. Learn about the life and times of the Liberator.