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Simon Bolivar. “El Libertador” The Liberator Latin American Born Creole educated in Europe Exposed to Enlightenment ideas Latin American Nationalist Fight to expel Spanish from Latin America Dreams of unifying all of Latin America Creates Republic of Gran Colombia (1819 - 1831).
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Simon Bolivar • “El Libertador” The Liberator • Latin American Born Creole educated in Europe • Exposed to Enlightenment ideas • Latin American Nationalist • Fight to expel Spanish from Latin America • Dreams of unifying all of Latin America • Creates Republic of Gran Colombia (1819 - 1831)
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What is Bolivar Saying? “An ignorant people is the blind instrument of its own destruction.” “The first duty of a government is to give education to the people” Why does Bolivar think that?