 Bolívar akaberekerwa muCaracas Venezuela mumhuri yakapfuma uye sezvakanga zvakajairika kune vadyi venhaka vemhuri dzepamusoro-soro muzuva rake, akatumirwa kunodzidziswa kunze kwenyika achiri muduku, achisvika kuSpain paakanga ava nemakore 16 uye akazotamira kuFrance. Paaiva muEurope akasangana nepfungwa dzokuVhenekerwa, idzo dzakazomukurudzira kupidigura vaSpanish vaitonga muSouth America. Achishandisa kusagadzikana kwakanga kwavapo muSpain kwakakonzerwa neHondo yePeninsular, Bolívar akatanga kurwira rusununguko muna 1808. Mushandirapamwe wokusununguka kweNew Granada wakasimbiswa nekukunda paHondo yeBoycá musi wa7 Nyamavhuvhu 1819. Iye akagadza kokorodzano yenyika yakarongwa mukati mamakore matatu. Pasinei zvapo nezvipingamupinyi zvakawanda, kubatanidza kusvika kweuto guru revaSpanish risati ramboonekwa, vapanduki pakupedzisira vakakurira, vachiguma norukundo paHondo yeCarabobomuna 1821, izvo chaizvoizvo zvakaita Venezuela nyika yakazvimirira. 