EDUCATIONAcademy of CaracasMajored in writing‚ arithmetic‚ history‚ religion and Latin Special Classes Special training in History and Literature‚ instructed by Don Andres Bello Additional Conference Education Attended conferences with my tutor‚ Simon Rodriguez‚ where I learned about the Enlightenment thinkers Voltaire‚ Locke and Rousseau | | | | | | WORK EXPERIENCE * Drafted the constitution of Bolivia singlehandedly * Created Bolivia‚ named after yours truly * First President
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Simón Bolívar “dreamed of a land governed by reason”‚ and although he spent an enormous amount and resources on his dream it was still a failure (Tignor). He was born in Venezuela in 1783 and his father was wealthy and socially powerful (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica). While in Europe a former tutor told him about the writings of “European rationalist thinkers such as Locke‚ Hobbes‚ Buffon‚ d’Alembert‚ and Helvetius as well as Voltaire‚ Montesquieu‚ and Rousseau” (The Editors of Encyclopædia
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beliefs about forgiveness. Some believe forgiveness is a virtue‚ and that they can forgive everything‚ even if the sin wasn’t done to them. Others believe that it is impossible to forgive a sin that wasn’t done to oneself. In the memoir The Sunflower Simon Wiesenthal asked a question. What would I have done‚ if I was asked to forgive a person that killed three hundred Jews? In the fifth commandment God says‚ “You Shall Not Kill” (KJV). I believe it is God’s power to forgive or not forgive a person that
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In Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets‚ David Simon focuses on the year experience he had with detectives in the Baltimore police departments homicide division and takes readers inside various homicide examinations in a standout amongst the most brutal urban communities in the U.S. Simon makes an extraordinary showing of staying away from the sycophantic and disproportionate treatment that numerous crime-associated journalists provide for the police constrains that they cover. A yearning to
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Simon Bolivar After colonization‚ Latin America had a difficult time uniting. Under Spanish rule‚ the people in the New World were in an identity crisis trying to become free from rule and developing a new identity. Simón Bolívar‚ “caudillo de emancipación”‚ liberator of Bolivia‚ Colombia‚ Ecuador‚ Perú and Venezuela remains an important figure in the history of Latin America. He has also known as the “George Washington of South America”. One of the greatest goals of Simon Bolivar was to see
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leaders‚ the colonies wouldn’t have had the same success. One of the most well known leaders‚ Simon Bolivar emerged triumphant from his movement for freedom‚ granting independence to those who fought with him. But his successes and motivations didn’t develop overnight. They were fueled by many different aspects of Bolivar’s life‚ stemming from type of people that he met and heard about‚ to his need for glory. Simon Bolivar was born into a life of privilege and wealth. He came from an important family
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independence and construction of stable governments in the new republics was Simón Bolívar. Bolívar was very vocal on the method in which the new republics should successfully govern in order to avoid the conflicts that derived from the early divisional issues‚
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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.
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forgets her child to give that simple forgiveness speech‚ or she forgives‚ but she never forgets! The scene comes along with the big theme of "The Sunflower" when Simon Wiesenthal challenges with the question about forgiving. He refuses to forgive Karl on his going bed for his atrocities against Jews (Simon 55). The great anguish of Simon drives his humanity along with his believe and puts him in awkward time with his conscious. No doubt‚ the outstanding about Simon’s question is not only the possibilities
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One of the challenges that emerged for Simon Bolivar on his way to leadership was the fact that liberalism lacked the majority support in colonial Latin America. Bolivar‚ like other revolutionaries‚ such as Francisco Miranda‚ struggled to get the support of most Venezuelans because of the stigma the term “liberal” had in colonial Venezuela. Being a liberal was associated with having French ideals‚ which naturally defied the Spanish rule. John Charles Chasteen actually states this when describing
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