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Who Is Simon Bolivar A Dictator

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[2] There was also the long standing antipathy of provincials for the people of the capital, which resulted in many country people siding with the royalists simply because the upper classes of Caracas supported the patriot cause. In the confused struggles that followed in the 18th century, Creoles and Peninsulares were found in both patriot and royalist armies, and at first Negroes generally sided with the latter. [1]
Bolivar was from the elite class at the Villa San Pedro Alejandrino near Santa Marta, of Caracas, Venezuela .[1] According to Donald E. Worcester, Bolivar was about five feet, six inches in height, with broad chest, slender body, and the small hands and feet of the aristocrat. He had a high forehead, black hair, and high cheekbones. His facial expressions changed as rapidly as his moods .[3] He disliked being alone, and was almost never without women companions, even on campaign.[2] To understand Bolivar’s tenacity it is necessary to consider the Spanish-American cult of machismo, part of the legacy of the conquistadores. The macho is, or believes himself to be, the kind of man that women pursues and men follow willingly, a combination of Casanova, torero, and gaucho. The typical macho makes a constant display of his manliness –in its pure state machismo reflects courage, honor, and dignity, but too often it is mere gloating. Would-be machos boast of their endless triumphs yet assert that they marry only virgins and defend their sisters’ honor to the

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