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The Man Who Freed Venezuela

  • July 16, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Bolivia is named for Simón Bolívar, a key figure in Latin America’s fight for independence from Spain. He liberated his native Venezuela in 1821, then helped free Ecuador, Peru, and other nations that formed an early democratic republic known as Gran Colombia.

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