![]() ![]() ![]() The mines were part of the Bolivar family patrimony and came to the Liberator upon the death. Simón Bolívar was born in Caracas in the Captaincy General of Venezuela into a wealthy family of American-born Spaniards (criollo) but lost both parents as a child. Still, his was a great and noble endeavor: liberating and organizing the civil affairs of the many nations which today view him as their founding Father. (11 II arfa Antonia Bolivar was Simon Bolivars favorite sister. He was an admirer of the American Revolution, but his vision of a similarly unified South America was never realized. He held the presidency of Columbia until a few months before his untimely death in 1830. The region of Alto (Upper) Peru took his name as Bolivia, yet its constitution, which he framed, excited in the minds of his enemies the fear that he wished to make himself perpetual dictator over Columbia, Bolivia, and Peru, and he lost some of his influence. In 1823, he became dictator of Peru, but he held the office only two years. They owned gold, silver, and copper mines and many large plantations and properties. Both of Simon Bolivar’s parents were distinguished and very rich. Memoirs of Simon Bolivar, President Liberator of the Republic of Colombia Boston. In the struggles of New Granada, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Peru for freedom from Spanish rule, he was the most outstanding General of the armies, being proclaimed The Liberator, and when in 1819, New Granada and Venezuela were consolidated into a republic under the name of Columbia, Bolivar was made president. Bolvars parents were forced to place Simn Bolvar to the care of Doa Ines Manceba de Miyares and the familys slave, Hipolita. Fact 1: Simon Bolivar was born wealthy and died poor. family only if the former enlisted in the patriot army. He studied law in Madrid, returned to South America in 1809 and in the following year took part in a revolutionary uprising in Caracas. Simon Bolivars whole name is, Simn Jos Antonio de la Santsima Trinidad Bolvar Palacios y Blanco He was known as El Libertador (The Liberator). Bolivar was born to a prominent family of Basque origin in Caracas, Venezuela in 1783. Simón Bolivar was a leader in the South American struggle for independence. ![]()
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