Simn Bolvar was a military and political follower.
 In December 1828, Bolvar left Bogot to respond to Peru's intervention in Bolivia and invasion of Ecuador and a revolt in Popayn and Pasto led by Jos Mara Obando
== Early life and family ==Simn Bolvar was born on 24 July 1783 in Caracas, capital of the Captaincy General of Venezuela, the fourth and youngest child of Juan Vicente Bolvar y Ponte and Mara de la Concepcin Palacios y Blanco

