Portrait of Simón Bolívar
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Simón Bolívar

Liberator of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia

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Led armies that freed much of South America from Spain and dreamed of a united continent. His Gran Colombia broke apart soon after.

Simón Bolívar sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: centered on economy and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly interventionist on interventionism, strongly strength-first on war and peace and leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority. The profile is close to the middle on economy, environment and religion.

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Where Simón Bolívar sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyCentered on economy
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionCentered on religion
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Simón Bolívar

BonapartismAuthoritarian rule by a popular leader who claims to embody the nation, with plebiscites…97%Pan-ArabismSeeks the unity of Arab peoples across state borders and independence from foreign…96%Anti-colonial nationalismFuses independence struggles with economic self-reliance and national dignity.92%Realism in foreign policySees international politics as a contest of power and interests in which states act to…92%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Luis Enrique Toro Moreno (1897-1933), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.