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| | Simón Bolívar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | However, their family's prominence seems important before their wealth: for example, the Cathedral of Caracas, founded in 1575, has a side chapel dedicated to Simon Bolivar's family. |
 | | Into this context, Simon Bolívar was born in Caracas, in modern-day Venezuela, into an aristocratic family, educated by different tutors after his parents died. |
 | | Bolivar had wanted to implement in Gran Colombia some or all of the elements of the Bolivian constitution he had written (which included a lifetime presidency with the ability to select a successor, though this was theoretically held in check by an intricate system of balances). |
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