Simon Bolivar and Latin American

Simon Bolivar, a.k.a. "El Libertador", was a great leader of Independence movements that happened in South America (mostly the top portion). Simon Bolivar was born in Caracas on 1783. Simon Bolivar had an apprentice called Jose de San Martin. They both had different ideas but based on the same source, to liberate South America. A victory at the Battle of Boyaca in 1819 added New Granada to the territories free from Spanish control, and in september 7, 1821 the Gran Colombia (a federation covering much of modern Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, and Ecuador) was created, with Bolívar as president. Eventually the regions of the Gran Colombia started to realize that they were all about themselves and wanted to seperate so the unity started to fall apart and Simon Bolivars dream started to fall apart; but at least he liberated the spanish countries. Simon Bolivar was a great leader.