Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions

Around the early 19th century, Latin America started to revolt against their Spanish counterparts for independence. They were lead by Simon Bolivar. Bolivar was born in 1783. He traveled through Europe for most of the time. In 1811, Bolivar saw that his home country was gaining independence from Spain. So he became their leader. He lost the first few battles, but then he made surprise battles against the Spanish.
Bolivar got some help from some other countries that had recently won their independence. Soon he was winning battles all around Latin America. He was great as a general, but not as a government leader.
Bolivar died of turberculosis in 1830 at the age of 47. After he died, people thought of him as the Latin American version of George Washington, though not at the same level. But Bolivar did help his native country win independence from Spain.