Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine October 2018 | Page 411

Simón Bolívar
Plaza
In this quiet, scenic square in La Asuncion, the statue of Simón Bolívar stands regally, proudly
surveying the people and scenery around his stationary home. He is held in high esteem and
viewed as the Latin American countries liberator who wrested them from Spain’s rule - Venezuela
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama. His was a life of political turmoil and he died of
tuberculosis in 1830 at the age of 47.