Simón Bolívar

...U.S. "imperialists" want to undermine his "Bolivarian Revolution," a political movement named after 19th-century independence hero Simon Bolivar. Advertisement He vehemently denied that Venezuela plans to attack its neighbor.

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BOLIVAR, W.Va. -- After nearly 200 years, the Eastern Panhandle town of Bolivar has a flag of its own. The town flag was raised for the first time in front of the Town Hall this week by Mayor Bob Hardy and members of the Town Council.

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...in fields such as art, cuisine, literature and music. The word Bolivia is derived from Bolivar, the last name of the famous South American Libertador '' Simon Bolivar. The name came about when Antonio Jose de Sucre was given the...

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...between the neighbors. The closure of the Simon Bolivar and Francisco de Paula Santander international bridges in central-west Venezuela created a scene of confusion for the area's residents and merchants. Some clashes between guards...

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...and outside Colombia. For example, the ELN commander Antonio Garcia once stated Jacobo Arenas was a hero to him, just as he considered Simon Bolivar, Jose Marti and Che Guevara as heroes, in an interview with a Latin American journalist.

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...Colonel. After the September Conspiration in 1828 and while being Higher Command Chief and General Commander of the Azuay Department, Lopez rebelled against Simon Bolivar and joined the forced of Colonel Jose Maria Obando. Shortly after,...

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...Venezuela and has reportedly left a chair empty at meetings to honor "the Liberator." Chavez's version of Bolivar also fits the president's ideology. Bolivar, Chavez said, was a socialist like himself, stridently opposed to the United...

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...royalists Juan Domingo de Monteverde and Jose Tomas Boves. Because of his brave participation in the Battle of Carabobo, Simon Bolivar dubbed him as the First lance of the Eastern. He maintained with the arms the government of his brother...

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...led some to question the value of democracy." Bush never used Chavez's name but cited his hero, Bolivar, and implicitly seemed to offer an alternative in an address spiced with Spanish phrases. "The millions across our hemisphere who every...

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