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EL LIBERTADOR
WRITINGS OF SIMON BOLIVAR |
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Simon Bolivar, David Bushnell (Editor), Frederick H. Fornoff (Trans) |
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0195144813 |
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9780195144819 |
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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
Pub. date: |
1 May, 2003 |
Series: |
Library of Latin America |
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288 |
Translated from: |
Spanish |
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General Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) was called El Libertador and the 'George Washington' of Latin America. This is a collection of Bolivar's speeches and essays that constitute some of the most eloquent writing not only of the independence period but also of any period in Latin American history. He analyses the region's fundamental problems, ideas on political organization, and proposals for Latin American integration. This edition is edited with anintroduction and chronology of Bolivar's life by David Bushnell and translated by Frederick H. Fornoff. |
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General Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), called El Liberator, and sometimes the 'George Washington' of Latin America, was the leading hero of the Latin American independence movement. His victories over Spain won independence for Bolivia, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Bolivar became Columbia's first president in 1819. In 1822, he became dictator of Peru. Upper Peru became a separate state, which was named Bolivia in Bolivar's honor, in 1825. The constitution, which he drew up for Bolivia, is one of his most important political pronouncements. Today he is remembered throughout South America, and in Venezuela and Bolivia his birthday is a national holiday. Although Bolivar never prepared a systematic treatise, his essays, proclamations, and letters constitute some of the most eloquent writing not of the independence period alone, but of any period in Latin American history. His analysis of the region's fundamental problems, ideas on political organization and proposals f |
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Oxford University Press Inc |
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