LEADER 02855cam a2200385 a 4500003 hubpceuo 005 20210215115749.0 008 020718s2003 enk b 000 0 eng 010 2002011540 020 0195144813 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 0195144805 (cloth : alk. paper) 040 DLC |cDLC |dDLC |dhubpceuo |bEnglish 041 1 eng |hspa 042 pcc 043 s------cl----- 050 00 F2235.3 |b.A5 2003 082 00 980/.02/092 |221 100 1 Bolívar, Simón, |d1783-1830. 240 10 Works. |kSelections. |lEnglish 245 13 El Libertador : |bwritings of Simón Bolívar / |ctranslated from the Spanish by Frederick H. Fornoff ; edited with an introduction and notes by David Bushnell. 260 Oxford ; New York : |bOxford University Press, |c2003. 300 lii, 235 p. ; |c22 cm. 440 0 Library of Latin America 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-235) and index. 520 Counter 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 for Latin American integration are relevant and widely read today, even among Latin Americans of all countries and of all political persuasions. The "Cartagena Letter," the "Jamaica Letter," and the "Angostura Address," are widely cited and reprinted. 651 0 South America |xHistory |yWars of Independence, 1806-1830 |vSources. 651 0 Latin America |xHistory |yWars of Independence, 1806-1830 |vSources. 700 1 Fornoff, Frederick H. 700 1 Bushnell, David, |d1923- 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6980_000000000000000__02_092_BOL |70 |8GEN |9129974OSA |bOSA |d2021-02-15 |eOSA |l0 |o980/.02/092 BOL |r2021-02-15 |w2021-02-15 |yBK |zDonation of School of Public Policy. |cGeneral Stacks 920 01 0X5nMPYx 992 01 980_000000000000000__02_092_BOL |bQRZ_ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ__ZX_ZQX_OBE 966 |cIn the Research Room