Simon Bolivar, Pt. 2

On our last episode, we began the story of Simon Bolívar, the most prominent figure in South American history. We covered his ancestry, his birth, childhood, and education. We covered his young adulthood in Europe and his return to Venezuela as a believer in independence from Spain. We left him as he was first exiled from Venezuela to New Granada (modern-day Colombia) for his initial attempt at liberating Venezuela from Spanish rule. In this episode, we finish his story – one of conquest, defeat, re-conquest, liberation, and independence.