Led the liberation of present-day Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia from Spanish rule in the 1810s-1820s. Known in Spanish as 'El Libertador'. Bolivia, Bolívar State, and Venezuela's currency all bear his name.
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Frequently invoked in modern Latin American politics (e.g. Chávez-era 'Bolivarian Revolution'), so 玻利瓦尔 shows up in Chinese news about Venezuela far more than other 19th-century figures.
