Happy Birthday to Simon de Bolivar 1783
As the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1983 to end the American Revolutionary War and liberate the North American colonies, the infant Simon de Bolivar made his debut in South America. The man who became known as the “George Washington of South America” was born on July 24, Bolivar , in Caracas, Venezuela. Bolivar had a complicated life, orphaned at an early age and later heartbreak over the death of his young wife. In a trip to Paris to recover from his grief, he became reacquainted with his childhood tutor, who introduced him to ideas and people of the French Enlightenment that had influenced the North Americans. Bolivar’s military campaigns freed the nations of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela from colonial domination. His dreams of a closely allied confederation of South American republics sharing common political and economic goals were never achieved. He died a disappointed man, his visionary dreams unrealized.
Cuando se firmó el Tratado de París para poner fin a la Guerra Revolucionaria de América del Norte y liberar las colonias de América del Norte, el infante Simón de Bolívar hizo su debut. El hombre que se hizo conocido como el “George Washington de América del Sur” nació el 24 de julio de 1783 en Caracas, Venezuela. Bolívar tuvo una vida complicada, quedó huérfano a una edad temprana y luego con el corazón roto por la muerte de su joven esposa. En un viaje a París para recuperarse de su dolor, se reencontró con su tutor de la infancia, quien le presentó las ideas y las personas de la Ilustración francesa que habían influido en los norteamericanos. Las campañas militares de Bolívar liberaron a las naciones de Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Venezuela de la dominación colonial. Sus sueños de una confederación estrechamente aliada de repúblicas sudamericanas que compartieran objetivos políticos y económicos comunes nunca se cumplieron, y murió decepcionado.
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