History of Everything: Simon Bolivar The Liberator of South America
History of Everything
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The Struggles and Desires of Simone Boulevard
Simone Boulevard was the president of Gran Colombia, a country that included Venezuela, new Granada, and Ecuador. He wanted to unite all these different peoples into one super-power in Latin America. But he faced off against Jose de San Martin who had managed to liberate Chile and Peru from Spanish control. The two men were fighting each other over what they thought would be their final victory.
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