Bolívar, Simón
Bolívar, Simón (1783–1830) Latin American revolutionary leader, known as ‘the Liberator’. His experience in Napoleonic Europe influenced his untiring attempts to free South America from Spanish rule. He achieved no real success until 1819, when his victory at Boyacá led to the liberation of New Granada (later Colombia) in 1821. The liberation of Venezuela (1821), Ecuador (1822), Peru (1824), and Upper Peru (1825) followed, the latter renaming itself Bolivia in his honour. Despite the removal of Spanish hegemony from the continent, his hopes of uniting South America into one confederation were dashed by rivalry between the new states.
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Gabon minister says no need to lay siege to riot-hit city Port- Gentil
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 9/7/2009; 508 words
; ...siege to riot-hit city Port- Gentil Gabon minister says no...riot-hit city Port- Gentil LIBREVILLE, Sept. 7...looting, "the city of Port-Gentil is under the control...In the city of Port-Gentil, we have the police...
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EMORY S. LAND SAILORS REPAIR SCHOOL, BUILD FRIENDSHIPS IN PORT GENTIL
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/21/2006; 642 words
; ...Rebekah Blowers Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Commander, U.S. 6th Fleet Public Affairs During a port visit to Port Gentil, Gabon, USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) Sailors worked together to help repair and refurbish the local Matanda...
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Gabonese Troops Impose Order on Oil Port
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/30/1990; 451 words
; ...at least 20 people, including three party leaders. Port Gentil, Gabon's oil processing and transshipment center 80...rioted in several cities and took control of much of Port Gentil, burning the French Consulate and taking some foreign...
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Franco-Spanish giants battle for control of Cameroonian port
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 4/4/2008; 611 words
; ...director general of the Autonomous Port of Douala (PAD) in 2003, several...presided over operations at the port. Despite the lawsuit, the Bollore...control of several other African ports, including Lome and Port-Gentil in Togo and Libreville in Gabon...
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Lebanese in Gabon 'safe' despite weekend violence, says Salloukh.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon); 9/8/2009; 700+ words
; ...residents of the Gabon city of Port-Gentil "are all safe." BEIRUT...of residents had fled Port-Gentil aboard motorized...the violence. Port-Gentil, epicenter of the unrest...said during a visit to Port-Gentil Sunday that calm was returning...
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Hundreds flee clashes in Gabon.
News Wire article from: Aljazeera.net; 9/6/2009; 622 words
; ...54 PM Hundreds of people have fled Port Gentil, Gabon's second city, some in...Three people have died in Port Gentil, the country's oil hub, in the...However, the level of violence in Port Gentil decreased on Saturday night compared...
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PROJECT HANDCLASP TEAMS UP WITH APS TO IMPROVE LIVES IN GABON
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/11/2008; 700+ words
; ...to St. Theresa's Church and the Port Gentil Community Clinic, March 5. "The...the lives of the citizens of Port Gentil," said Lt. Christopher Servello...were built while APS visited Port Gentil in January. "I was very impressed...
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PROJECT HANDCLASP TEAMS UP WITH AFRICA PARTNERSHIP STATION TO DONATE SUPPLIES IN GABON
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/11/2008; 700+ words
; ...to St. Theresa's Church and the Port Gentil Community Clinic here, March 5...the lives of the citizens of Port Gentil," said Lt. Christopher Servello...were built while APS visited Port Gentil, Gabon in January. "I was very...
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Gabon declines AU mission offer amid violence
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 9/7/2009; 560 words
; ...consulate in the country's economic hub Port-Gentil over the election of Ali Bongo Ondimba...The situation in the city of Port-Gentil, which was affected, is progressively...preventive and security work in Port-Gentil. As for Libreville, the situation...
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France's Total transfers Gabon workers for safety
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 9/5/2009; 562 words
; ...number of Total employees remained in Port Gentil after the temporary withdrawal Friday...French troops have moved toward Port Gentil, and the evacuation plan ... has...colony _ had been positioned in Port Gentil. Gabon's government has imposed...
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Port-Gentil
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Port-Gentil , city (1993 est. pop. 80,041), W Gabon, a seaport on Cape Lopez Bay (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean). Timber and locally manufactured plywood are exported. Petroleum is produced and refined nearby.
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Gabon
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World
...Lambar é n é , Mouanda, Oyem, Port-Gentil, Tchibanga EDITOR'S NOTE This chapter was...seriously overcrowded. In the city of Port-Gentil, the American School of Port-Gentil was opened in 1985. Sponsored by the Amoco...
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Gabonese
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...five years. The major cities besides Libreville are Port Gentil, with its oil reserves; Oyem, with its vital trade...by Albert Schweitzer and his hospital. This riverine port, 125 miles from the capital, accessible by paved road...
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Ogooué
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...eacute;ké Plateau, SW Congo (Brazzaville). It flows NW and W across Gabon to the Gulf of Guinea, near Port-Gentil, where it forms a large delta. Navigable for most of its length, the river is the chief economic artery of Gabon...
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