General Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), called El Liberator, and sometimes the George Washington of Latin America, was the leading hero of the Latin American independence movement. His victories over Spain won independence for Bolivia, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Bolivar became Columbia's first president in 1819. In 1822, he became dictator of Peru. Upper Peru became a separate state, which was named Bolivia in Bolivar's honor, in 1825. The constitution, which he drew up for Bolivia, is one of his most important political pronouncements. Today he is remembered throughout South America, and in Venezuela and Bolivia his birthday is a national holiday. Although Bolivar never prepared a systematic treatise, his essays, proclamations, and letters constitute some of the most eloquent writing not of the independence period alone, but of any period in Latin American history. His analysis of the region's fundamental problems, ideas on political organization and proposals for Latin American integration are relevant and widely read today, even among Latin Americans of all countries and of all political persuasions. The Cartagena Letter, the Jamaica Letter, and the Angostura Address, are widely cited and reprinted.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN-13
9780195144819
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95177865
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Political Science
Author
Simon Bolivar
Publication Name
El Libertador: Writings of Simon Bolivar
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
209mm
Item Width
138mm
Item Weight
326g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Simon Bolivar
Series Title
Library of Latin America
Topic
Literary Theory
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
David Bushnell
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