Biografía de ingles

Simón Bolívar, the "Liberator", was born in Caracas, Venezuela,

on July 24, 1783, son of Don Juan Vicente Bolivar and Doña Maria de la Concepcion
María de la Concepción Palacios y Blanco. A
an aristocrat, Simón Bolívar received an excellent education from his
his tutors. At the age of fifteen, when he lost his parents, his uncle,
Carlos Palacios, sent him to Spain to continue his education.
education.
In Spain he met María Teresa Toro, whom he married.
Shortly after returning to Venezuela, Maria Teresa died. Her
her death affected Bolivar tremendously and he vowed never to marry again, a promise he kept
married again, a promise he kept until his death.
Upon his return to Venezuela in 1806, he immediately dedicated himself to the struggle for
independence.
the struggle for independence.
A few years after the independence, Bolivar's dream was frustrated due to internal divergences
that led to the fragmentation of the Venezuelan
internal divergences that led to the fragmentation of the Americas. Disillusioned and surrounded
by political struggles,
Bolivar died in Santa Marta, Colombia, in 1830.