who is considered the great liberator of south america
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad de Bolívar y Palacios (Spanish: (siˈmon boˈliβar) (listen); 24 July 1783 -- 17 December 1830), generally known as Simón Bolívar and also colloquially as El Libertador, was a Venezuelan military and political leader who played a leading role in the establishment of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Panama as sovereign states, independent of Spanish rule.