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Simon Bolivar's Letter To Venezuela
The main idea of this letter was to explain to the English government of how inhabitants of South America are mistreated by Europeans; more specifically the Spaniards. He wants to improve Latin America’s government but claims it may be impossible therefore, asking for help. Also that, people in Gran Colombia such as, those living in Venezuela, do not obtain political rights; not even the nobles. He says that they are so limited that they are prohibited to store crops because they are “royal monopolies”. Simon Bolivar wrote, “I cannot persuade myself that the New World can, at the moment, be organized as a great republic,” meaning he wants to be inspired and helped by the English government to improve the American countries social structures. …show more content…
He is known as, “The Liberator” of Gran Columbia or the one who declared northern south america’s independence. Gran Colombia was a title given to the modern countries, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Columbia, Brazil, and Panama which was his ideal unity of Latin America. He was originally born in Venezuela and at a young age, was influenced by the Age of Enlightenment. After several tragic events in his life, he sworn to achieve the independence of venezuela from Spain’s authority. This eventually lead him to write this letter to accomplish his mission. This letter is biased because Bolivar was born in Venezuela, which was his home country, meaning he wanted the best for it; if he would not have been from there, then his motivation would not have been so high, nor would the letter emphasis how much they were being mistreated by foreigners. If this were to be written by a Spanish man on witnessing how conditions where in Gran Colombia he would not have explained how harshly people lived, but try to go around that topic. Bolivar cared for his country, that is why he tried to help it; the letter is

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