Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revoflutions

Simon Bolivar was an important leader who fought for South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain. He is known for being responsible of the independence of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and Bolivia. He is known as a hero in these countries and is sometimes described as George Washington of South America. There are many statues of Simon Bolivar in many places of these countries and they named the country Bolivia after him.