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Plaza Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela Simón Bolívar's equestrian statue in Cartagena, Colombia The Plaza Bolivar of Lima, Peru with the Legislative Palace in the foreground Simón Bolívar Monument, Sixth Avenue entrance to Central Park, New York City Statue of Simón Bolívar in Berlin, Germany Statue of Simón Bolívar in Washington DC, United States Plaza de Bolívar, Bogotá, Colombia
Bolivia is named after Simón Bolívar, a Venezuelan leader in the Spanish American wars of independence. [22] The leader of Venezuela, Antonio José de Sucre, had been given the option by Bolívar to either unify Charcas (present-day Bolivia) with the newly formed Republic of Peru, to unify with the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, or to formally declare its independence from Spain ...
Upper Peru joined the Spanish American wars of independence in the early 19th century and the Bolivian Republic was established in 1825, being named after Simon Bolivar. In the course of the 19th century, Bolivia fell repeatedly into wars against its neighbors, culminating in a devastating loss in the War of the Pacific , which resulted in ...
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco [c] (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830) was a Venezuelan statesman and military officer who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire.
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The Bolivarian countries. The Bolivarian countries [1] are six Hispanic American countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela) whose republican origin is attributed to the ideals of Simón Bolívar and the independence war led by the Venezuelan military in the viceroyalties of New Granada and Peru.
Location of Bolívar Province within Bolivia. ... Its capital is the city of Bolívar, named after Simón Bolívar, a Venezuelan military and political leader.
Under the name of Argentine Antarctica, it claims 969,464 km² (374,312 sq mi) of Antarctica, overlapping other claims made by Chile and the United Kingdom. Bolivia, officially the Republic of Bolivia, named after Simón Bolívar, is a landlocked country in central South America.