SimÌ_n BolÌ_var, Venezuelan Political Leader
SimÌ_n JosÌ© Antonio de la SantÌ_sima Trinidad BolÌ_var y Palacios Ponte y Blanco (1783-1830) was a Venezuelan military and political leader. He played a key role in Hispanic-Spanish America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire and is considered one of the most influential politicians in Latin American history. He was president of Columbia from 1819 to 1830. BolÌ_var was a hero, visionary, revolutionary and liberator. During his lifetime, he led Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia to independence and helped lay the foundations for democratic ideology in much of Latin America. BolÌ_var was a Freemason. He was initiated in 1803 in the Masonic Lodge Lautaro which operated in Cadiz, Spain. He died in 1830, at the age of forty-seven after a painful battle with tuberculosis.
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