200 years ago today, a South American congress proclaimed Colombia to be a Republic and elected Simón Bolívar the president after he achieved great military victories (like crossing the Andes Mountains) to oust the Spanish conquerors from his homeland of Venezuela and other territories, including Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, becoming known as El Libertador, The Liberator. […]
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