Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions

Simon Bolivar was one of the most famous South America's greatest generals. He is most famous for his victories over the Spaniards. Liberating Bolivia,Panama,Colombia,Ecuador,Peru and Venezuela. He is also known as "The George Washington of South America".Simon was born in July 24,1783, at Caracas Venezuela. His parents died when he was a child.The thing that influenced Simon Bolivar was him traveling around the world and seeing that the U.S had just won it's independence from Great Britain. He thought that it was about time that his country should also gain it's independence from Spain. He felt that he was destined to be the leader of this movement. In 1810 Bolivar joined Francisco de Miranda in a revolt against the Spanish.