WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Simon Bolivar is often called the George Washington of Venezuela-and of Bolivia, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador and Peru. Washington threw colonialists out of one country; Bolivar liberated six from Spanish rule.

Detailed explanation-2: -During his lifetime, he led Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela to independence, and helped lay the foundations for democratic ideology in much of Hispanic America. For this reason, he is often considered the “George Washington of South America".

Detailed explanation-3: -Bolivar was inspired by the American Revolutionary War. He admired George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, and even sent his nephew to the University of Virginia. However, unlike the “Founding Fathers, ” Bolivar rejected slavery and called for its abolition in the Americas.

Detailed explanation-4: -Indeed, Simon Bolivar makes a sharp contrast with George Washington, his North American revolutionary counterpart. Both men were members of the colonial aristocracy. Simon Bolivar inherited his wealth, while George Washington married into it. Both men were the military leaders of their revolutionary movements.

Detailed explanation-5: -Simon Bolivar, the George Washington of South America.