Bolivar's Exile in Haiti

Bolivar had not come to haiti alone. He had arrived with a small enterage of loyal officers. While they lived in porta prince, other exiled revolutionaries gravitated towards them. By march 18 16, the corps of officers included santiago marino, the liberator of the east and colonel manuel piar. The last time pr and bolivar were together, pr literally tried to kill belivar. This group of generals did agree that it needed a single leader,. They voted to make believe our el hefe supreme commander in chief of the expedition.