Gran Colombia

State · 1822–1833 CE · at its largest around 1824 CE

Born of Simón Bolívar's dream of a great South American nation, the republic was run by liberators, soldiers and lawmakers fresh from the wars of independence. Rivalries between Bogotá, Caracas and Quito broke it apart, but the ideal of Latin American unity outlived it.

On its lands while it lasted

• Simón Bolívar (1783 CE – 1830 CE): Caracas-born leader who led the independence of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia from Spain, known as El Libertador.
• Antonio José de Sucre (1795 CE – 1830 CE): Venezuelan general and Bolívar's closest lieutenant, victor at Pichincha and Ayacucho and president of Bolivia (1825–1828).
• Gran Colombia founded (1819–1831 CE): The Congress of Angostura proclaimed a republic uniting Venezuela, New Granada and later Ecuador and Panama, with Bolívar as president; it broke apart by 1831.
• Battle of Ayacucho (1824 CE): Victory of Sucre's patriot army over the viceroy of Peru, which effectively ended Spanish rule in South America.

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