History of Everything: Simon Bolivar The Liberator of South America
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Bolivar's Power Struggle in Venezuela
After forcing the Royalists to withdraw, this then turned into a power struggle in the upper echelons of the Republican power base. So all Bolivar have to turn around and suppress a rebellion within his own government. He had to fight his own people. And it wasn't until Bolivar made an example out of general manual PR by executing him in October of 1817 that he was able to reconcile with other Republican enemies.
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