In 1983, the 200th anniversary of the birth of Simon Bolivar, the heroic leader of the struggle of the peoples of Latin America against the Spanish yoke, is celebrated all over the world. Bolivar went down in history as an outstanding commander and statesman, an original thinker. For the first time, the works of this wonderful man, who was still admired by the Russian revolutionary democrats, are published in Russian; he was close to them with his love of freedom and hatred of tyranny. The book is provided with commentary and original illustrations.