Simón Bolívar

The "Liberator" who rode across the Andes to break the Spanish chains on half a continent. He dreamt of a "Gran Colombia," a unified Latin American powerhouse that would rival the north. He represents the "Romantic Revolutionary," the man of action who died disillusioned, famously saying he had "ploughed the sea." He is the sword of independence and the tragedy of the unfulfilled union, the soul of a continent in search of its identity.