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Known as El Libertador (The Liberator) and "George Washington of South America, Simón Bolívar was a great general and statesman in South America. He led the revolutions against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of New Granada (now a region that included Colombia, Panama, Ecuador and Venezuela). To this end, won military victories against the Spanish forces in Bolivia, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. These victories led to the end of Spanish colonialism and the beginning of the national independence of each country. Born into an aristocratic family in 1783, was inspired by Enlightenment thinkers like Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau and vowed to liberate their country, Venezuela. Venezuela has won, but his victory was only short lived due to the inconvenience Spanish attacked and took control of the country, forcing Bolívar fled.

In exile, Bolívar wrote the Letter from Jamaica ("The Letter from Jamaica"), which outlined his vision of South America: constitutional republic upper and lower houses (along the lines of the United Kingdom ) and, worryingly, a president elected for life. After his return to Venezuela, urged the Spanish forces in the Battle of Boyacá (1819) and the Battle of Carabobo (1821), which leads to the final victory of Bolivar and revolutionary patriots from the Spanish. In late 1822, Ecuador was liberated by Bolivar's forces and was followed in 1824 by the liberation of Peru -. Bolívar was now president of Gran Colombia (a region now includes Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama) and a country recognized by the United States - and dictator of Peru.

In 1825, forces under the Bolívar Antonio José de Sucre liberated Upper Peru. The country was renamed in Bolivia, by Simon Bolivar. Bolivar was honored hoped to form a union of the new nations of South America, Chile and Argentina to Mexico, but in reality nationalist sentiment quickly came to triumph over the ideals pan-continental, and by year 1830 , Gran Colombia had divided into three different countries - Colombia (including Panama), Venezuela, Ecuador and killed. At the end of his life Bolivar has experienced great opposition and was almost. He died December 17, 1830 -. Despite its weaknesses, as a conservative who was not opposing the dictatorship of the presence of Simon Bolivar is still felt throughout Latin America, with streets, squares, monuments, statues, banknotes, coins coins, stamps, and even a country that bears his name. He is remembered across the continent to this day as the hero who brought national independence.