Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions

Simon Bolivar is a very famous hero in South America,just like how Geroge Washington is for United States.He liberate all the northern South American countries. The country of Bolivia was named after him for fighting against the Spain and succsesfully gained victory from Spain and also because There is a country named after Bolivar because he and some help were the one's to fight for the independence of most of South America.The Spanish were defeated in 1824 and Bolivia got its independence in 1825.However he also freed many other South American countries from Spain, such as Bolivia, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and VenezuelaHe also became the president of Peru. He was named the "El Liberator".Bolivar was influenced by the Scottish,French and the Greek enlightment.