The weather in Antarctica is (Crystal Ice Chime) chronically warm.

January 23, 2008
0900 AM
Antarctica Temperature Satellite


The Warmest Reporting Stations

Time of Day is 7 PM

Rothera Point, Antarctica

Elevation :: 52 ft / 16 m

Temperature :: 37 °F / 3 °C

Conditions :: Light Rain Showers

Humidity :: 74%

Dew Point :: 32 °F / 0 °C

Wind :: 5 mph / 7 km/h from the West

Wind Gust :: -

Pressure :: 29.24 in / 990 hPa (Rising)

Visibility :: 16.0 miles / 25.0 kilometers

UV :: 0 out of 16

Clouds:
Scattered Clouds 984 ft / 300 m
Mostly Cloudy 6890 ft / 2100 m
(Above Ground Level)
Aviation
Flight Rule :: VFR ()
Wind Speed :: 5 mph / 7 km/h /
Wind Dir :: 260° (West)
Ceiling :: 6900 ft / 2100 m



Base San Martin, Antarctica

Elevation :: 13 ft / 4 m

Temperature :: 37 °F / 3 °C

Conditions :: Overcast

Humidity :: 81%

Dew Point :: 33 °F / 1 °C

Wind :: Calm

Wind Gust :: -

Pressure :: 29.28 in / 992 hPa (Rising)

Visibility :: 12.0 miles / 20.0 kilometers

UV :: 0 out of 16

Clouds :: Overcast 4921 ft / 1500 m
(Above Ground Level)

Aviation
Flight Rule:
VFR ()
Wind Speed :: 0 mph / 0 km/h /
Wind Dir :: N/A
Ceiling :: 4900 ft / 1500 m


The Coldest Reporting Stations

Vostok, Antarctica

Elevation :: 11220 ft / 3420 m

Temperature :: -39 °F / -40 °C

Humidity :: 36%

Dew Point :: -49 °F / -45 °C

Wind :: 9 mph / 15 km/h from the West

Wind Gust :: -

Pressure :: in / hPa (Rising)

Visibility :: 12.0 miles / 20.0 kilometers

Aviation
Flight Rule:
VFR ()
Wind Speed :: 9 mph / 15 km/h /
Wind Dir :: 260° (West)
Ceiling :: 100000 ft / 100000 m



University Wi Id 8904, Antarctica

Elevation :: 10761 ft / 3280 m

Temperature :: -30 °F / -34 °C

Wind :: 4 mph / 6 km/h from the ESE

Wind Gust :: -

Pressure :: in / hPa (Falling)


Aviation
Flight Rule :: NA
Wind Speed :: 4 mph / 6 km/h /
Wind Dir :: 110° (ESE)
Ceiling :: -



Amundsen-Scott, AA

Elevation :: 9285 ft / 2830 m

Temperature :: -29 °F / -34 °C

Conditions :: Partly Cloudy

Wind :: 6 mph / 9 km/h / 2.6 m/s from the ENE

Pressure :: 28.76 in / 974 hPa (Rising)

Windchill :: -46 °F / -44 °C

Visibility :: 6.2 miles / 10.0 kilometers

UV :: 2 out of 16

Clouds :: Few 200 ft / 60 m
Few 6000 ft / 1828 m
(Above Ground Level)

Aviation
Flight Rule:
VFR (NZSP)
Wind Speed :: 6 mph / 9 km/h / 2.6 m/s
Wind Dir :: 70° (ENE)
Ceiling :: Unlimited


The Warmest Reporting Stations are:

Base Marambio Centro Met. Antartico, Antarctica

Elevation:650 ft / 198 m

Temperature :: 46 °F / 8 °C

Conditions :: Partly Cloudy

Humidity:52%

Dew Point:34 °F / 1 °C

Wind:12 mph / 18 km/h from the NW

Wind Gust:-

Pressure:29.08 in / 985 hPa (Falling)

Visibility:19.0 miles / 30.0 kilometers

Clouds:Scattered Clouds 9843 ft / 3000 m

Mostly Cloudy 19685 ft / 6000 m

(Above Ground Level)




Base San Martin, Antarctica

Elevation:13 ft / 4 m

Temperature :: 42 °F / 5 °C

Conditions :: Overcast

Humidity:55%

Dew Point:31 °F / 0 °C

Wind:Calm

Wind Gust:-

Pressure:29.05 in / 984 hPa (Rising)

Visibility:12.0 miles / 20.0 kilometers

UV:1 out of 16

Clouds:Overcast 9843 ft / 3000 m

(Above Ground Level)


The Coldest Reporting Stations are:

Vostok, Antarctica

Elevation:11220 ft / 3420 m

Temperature :: -41 °F / -40 °C

Conditions :: Clear

Humidity:41%

Dew Point:-50 °F / -45 °C

Wind:7 mph / 11 km/h from the NW

Wind Gust:-

Pressure: in / hPa (Rising)

Visibility:12.0 miles / 20.0 kilometers

Raw METAR Aviation
Flight Rule:VFR ()
Wind Speed:7 mph / 11 km/h /
Wind Dir:320° (NW)
Ceiling:100000 ft / 100000 m



Amundsen-Scott, AA

Elevation:9285 ft / 2830 m

Temperature :: -24 °F / -31 °C

Conditions :: Partly Cloudy

Wind:12 mph / 18 km/h / 5.1 m/s from the NNE

Pressure:28.59 in / 968 hPa (Falling)

Windchill:-47 °F / -44 °C

Visibility:6.2 miles / 10.0 kilometers
UV:2 out of 16
Clouds:Few 6000 ft / 1828 m
Few 8000 ft / 2438 m
(Above Ground



Amundsen-Scott, AA

Elevation:9285 ft / 2830 m

Temperature :: -24 °F / -31 °C

Conditions :: Partly Cloudy

Wind:12 mph / 18 km/h / 5.1 m/s from the NNE

Pressure:28.59 in / 968 hPa (Falling)

Windchill:-47 °F / -44 °C

Visibility:6.2 miles / 10.0 kilometers

UV:2 out of 16

Clouds:Few 6000 ft / 1828 m
Few 8000 ft / 2438 m
(Above Ground Level)




January 16, 2008


0900


Antarctica Temperature Satellite

Bush officials narrow foreign horizons

Cartoon from The Arab News

The USA Executive Branch is a global horror. Bush goes to the Middle East in a peace initiative while having invaded Iraq illegally, causing the entire region to be destabilized, killed innumerable Iraqi citizens just because he could as a methodology to victory in order to expand the war, sent millions of Iraqis to refugee camps and cast a full one third of the country into poverty. It's called genocide by every defintion known to international law. If Saddam Hussein had done this in a proportional scale to Kuwait, he'd be hung by now. Oh, wait. He was hung and didn't accomplish nearly what Bush and Cheney did. That is simply amazing.

In this LA Times report, the word "Failed" and "Illegal" appears nowhere, except, in 'description.'

Saudi Arabia is not stupid. In order to prevent invasion across their borders in Bush's 'final war year' they lavished him with jewels and honors while wining him and dining him to insure their annual allotment of USA military hardware.

(click title to entry, thank you)
In the final year, Bush administration officials are scaling back ambitious diplomatic goals, and appear more intent on managing crises than on reaching legacy milestones.
By Paul Richter, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
January 21, 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is beginning its last year in office by quietly scaling back its foreign policy ambitions as it struggles with new obstacles and rapidly dwindling influence.
Only a few months ago, senior officials predicted that before their exit, they could deliver the Middle East peace deal that had eluded so many predecessors. But this month, as President Bush toured Israel and the West Bank, officials made it clear that the deal he's now talking about is not a long-awaited final agreement, but a preliminary pact to set the terms for talks.
In addition, the administration's efforts to get North Korea and Iran to end their nuclear programs have suffered deflating setbacks in recent weeks. And although the administration's greatest foreign policy undertaking, Iraq, has seen encouraging security improvements, the goal of Iraqi political reconciliation remains distant.
The upshot is that the Bush administration is going to be spending the next year managing crises and tidying up messes until the next president takes over, rather than reaching legacy milestones, as officials recently had hoped.

How do you ask Americans to support an illegal war? Oh, wait. It's not Americans that support the Iraq War. It's Republicans that do.

Wasn't it Nixon that found political solice in Vietnam ? Just the same way George Walker Bush and Richard Cheney does with Iraq? These men are still in the Executive Branch? Why?

"Read my lips...just go out and kill Iraqis. The less there are the sooner we'll have control of the country and the less Americans will die."

The methodology seems fairly clear. I doubt these men would openly lie about committing war crimes. The Bush Surge Strategy was simply more soldiers to kill more people to get the civilian numbers down.

Anyone still wondering why there are insurgents?

Read my Lips - No More Tax Cuts!!! The Supply Side of the current USA Economics is NOT the issue. Businesses are not losing their homes !!!

The Republicans practice "Supply Side" economics when they institute tax cuts. In other words, for some reason businesses have problems meeting demand for their goods due to cost of production related to government taxes. Therefore, in order to stimulate the economy, tax cuts allow MANUFACTURING to increase it's production, increase supply, bring down the costs of the goods, make them more affordable and open up venues of the market in two ways; more product to sell to more people while lowering product cost and allowing more consumers the 'ability' to purchse.

In the USA today, the consumer is impoverished through poor wages, increased health care costs, an energy and transporation system that is antiquated, and a supply of products they just don't want. Imports of far poorer quality than anything normally manufacturered in the USA; when, at one time, those products increased employment opportunity.

Today, Americans don't have savings, they don't have homes and many face medical costs they don't have insurance for or are under insured. The American Dream has been squandered by The Bush Curse, which chronically and inappropriately gives money 'away' to business while keeping their fingers crossed that their cronies will 'come up with something' that will turn the corner on a poor economic outlook.

Until the Energy and Transportation needs of Americans are addressed and manufacturing of high quality goods is returned to the USA using energy efficient methods, that also stop and reverse, Human Induced Global Warming, there isn't a darn thing any legislation is going to do to turn this mess around. This is THE RESULT of incompetency in government which encouraged corrupt business practices that drove American wages into poverty economics. Businesses under the Bush Curse literally robbed the people of their ability to sustain their lives and put corrupted practices to work in knowing they were morally "W"rong in the treatment of American Labor.

The Republicans just don't 'get it.' When JFK instituted tax cuts and got a huge return on every reduced tax dollar it was to give American Business a 'breather' to increase production, grow, hire Americans and sell more product.

The Economy since Bush '41 has suffered by low wages, two or more incomes to a household, diminished quality of life, and huge influx of imports. When an economy is a service economy and the choices in the 'market place' are all imported it does not translate into American Jobs.

Outsourcing to India and China has removed American jobs to countries that we import from, but, has also caused businesses to invest in infrastructure abroad and now that the instructure abroad is in place, it's demanding higher prices for their outsourced economy. Therefore, the products imported to the USA are no longer inexpensive, but, are increasing in cost, especially when considering the poor quality. Americans have not only lost jobs to outsourcing they have lost 'quality' in their 'market place' with increasing prices from the 'outsourced suppy side.'

It doesn't matter how many 'tax breaks' crony companies like Ford or Halliburton get, they put out products Americans don't want and therefore, seek products from foreign sources that supply products they do want.

The Energy and Transportation of the USA is grossly outdated in it's consumer demands, hence, any tax breaks are going to the "W"rong place. The USA is better off without an economic stimulus bill out of the House and Senate unless it adequately addresses the 'real' concerns of the American people.

Get of Iraq. Address the militants in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Make America safe. Secure the borders with People and not Walls. Change the Energy and Transportation infrastructure. Return the USA's dignity and address Climate Change in a real way. Stop using Fossil Fuels and throwing billions after billions to exploitation of Alaska and other resources of the USA because the oil doesn't come to Americans anyway. Put in place Universal Healthcare. Retool America for the products it's citizens want such as electric cars and high speed magnetic rail !!!

And.

Impeach George Walker Bush and Richard Cheney.
'

End of Discussion (click here).

The weather at Scott Base, Antarctica is (Crystal Wind Chime) warm:

Hillary honoured at new US South Pole base (click title to entry, thank you)
The Press
Wednesday, 16 January 2008
The new American base at the South Pole took 10 years and $220 million to build but when the flag was hoisted at the official opening, it was raised only to half-mast - in memory of Sir Edmund Hillary.
A delegation of dignitaries from the United States travelled through Christchurch to the South Pole for the inauguration on Saturday of the new elevated Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.
Prime Minister Helen Clark had invited Hillary to the pole for the 50th anniversary of reaching it by tractor, but he was prevented by his failing health.
However, Arden Bement, director of the National Science Foundation, which runs the United States Antarctic Programme, used his speech opening the station to say he believed Hillary was present in spirit.
"At this moment of exciting celebration, however, it is fitting that we pause for a moment to remember the accomplishments of Sir Edmund Hillary, the noted New Zealand explorer who stood on this very spot in January 1958, the first person to do so since Robert Falcon Scott in 1912," he said....

COUNTRY ON FLOOD ALERT AS STORMS WORSEN

January 15, 2008

Cardiff-Wales, United Kingdom

Photographer states :: Atlantic storms lash England and Wales - some pictures around my area in Wales. Hasent stopped raining in 2 days and there is a further 4 days of it! winds of over 70 mph have been recorded once again. Stricken counties of the diaster in summer 2007 in England and Wales under water again. Its been 1 year scence hurricane kyrill struck Europe killing over 50 people.

The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Ice Chime) is:

Geography of Walrus Habitat noted below.

Habitat and Distribution (click here)
A. Distribution.
Walruses are circumpolar, but they are concentrated in several geographically separated areas, with little or no chance of interbreeding.
1. Pacific walruses inhabit the Bering, Chukchi, and Laptev seas.
2. Atlantic walruses inhabit coastal areas of north eastern Canada and Greenland.

B. Habitat.
1. Walruses are generally found where the water is not more than about 80 m (262 ft.) deep. They prefer a habitat with a gravelly bottom.
2. Walruses spend about two-thirds of their lives in the water.
3. Walruses haul out to rest and bear their young.

E. Calf at birth. (click here)
1. Newborn calves weigh about 45 to 75 kg (99-165 lb.) and are about 95 to 123 cm (3-4 ft.) long.
2. Calves are ashen gray to brown with dense, short soft fur. About two to three months before birth, the calf sheds a fine white layer of soft fetal hair called the lanugo.
3. Within days or weeks, the calf becomes more robust. Its fur turns reddish-brown to tawny within one to two weeks. Calves shed and replace their natal coat when they are one or two months old. This first molt is usually completed by August. Calves then molt annually.

Time :: 9:55 AM

Elevation :: 33 feet / 10 meters

Temperature :: 37 F / 3 C

Conditions :: Overcast

Humidity :: 81%

Dew Point :: 32 F / O C

Wind :: 12 mph / 18 km/h / 5.1 m/s from the SE

Pressure :: 30.13 inches / 1020 hPa (rising)

Visibility :: 10.0 miles / 16.l kilometers

UV :: 0 out of 16

Clouds :: Few 1200 ft / 365 m
Mostly Cloudy 2000 ft / 609 m
Overcast 2600 ft / 792 m
(Above Ground Level)

I told you so. It's just that simple. The underestimation of the melting of the Arctic Ocean was due to the fact, the vortexes were never accounted for in any warming curve. The 'trend' scientists were looking at resulted from a 'straight line' assessment of 'past' melting.

See, the oscillations of the Arctic, North and South Atlantic were very rarely studied and considered to be insignificant to Earth's climate because their occurrence was so rare. However, on October 4, 2002 when the two vortices showed up at the same time in the Northern Hemisphere at each coast of North America, there HAD to be a general understanding that 'the melting curve' due to Human Induced Global Warming had changed.

Now, for any scientist that didn't make the leap of faith then and it took until now, REALIZING the nature of water and it's different states, to start to alarm the world about this issue only states the gross imbalance of the acceptance of the science by society and governments.

I began to look for severe trends years before October 4, 2002 and were seeing issues with seals in Great Britain, changes in breeding seasons and migratory patterns with birds wihin that country and it was Great Britain that were among the first to begin to demand a movement toward climate issues a decade or more before anyone else simply because they are an island in the midddle of some very dynamic waters and very near the origins of the Deep Ocean Conveyor Belt in the North Atlantic.

The point is THIS IS VERY LATE and still today countries that contribute to the degradation of habitable climate, especially the USA, are still lacking policy regarding these deadly dynamics. I noted the other evening that some of the major network news programs were talking about the melting polar sea. All I can say is 'Finally, the public is aware of this." I appreciate every aspect of the coverage of this issue, it's a dire one and needs EFFECTIVE address by the global community. The USA has been a horror under this administration regarding this issue and the international community has to bring pressure to bring about change.

..."The sea ice is decreasing faster than all the models predicted," says Jay Zwally, the ice satellite project scientist at NASA Goddard, "We not only have the warming of the atmosphere, we have a warming of the ocean that is affecting this. It has been surprising to everybody, this decrease in area. This is a marked departure, and this is suggesting to us that maybe we are getting at this tipping point."...

Considering President Chavez's long history in the region, his success in handling crisis, I think it's time he have a chance to explain...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) and senior rebel commander Ivan Marquez of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) walk at Miraflores Palace in Caracas November 8, 2007. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has asked Chavez to mediate with the Marxist guerrillas from Latin America's oldest insurgency, the FARC, to break an impasse in negotiations meant to win the release of the group's most high-profile captives. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA)

...how rebels, after generations of being rebels aren't necessarily terrorists so much as entrenched in lives they don't necessarily have control within or ways to change. It's time to listen to an unpopular leader and discern if he indeed can make a difference in the lives of those so involved with violence that they can't find their way out.


Mathaba News Network (click here)
Chavez: 'I support the search for peace, not the FARC'
Posted: 2008/01/15
From: Mathaba
'I do not support the FARC ''Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia'', I support the search for peace,' Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said Sunday.

Good night...

...and then there was that whole Massachusetts oil deal which was interesting.

Considering Georgie just grandstanded in Saudi Arabia for the exact same issue, 'Cheaper Oil for the USA" in exchange for advanced weaponry, Chavez didn't even ask for anything in return. Hello?


August 28th 2005, by Bernardo Delgado - Venezuelanalysis.com
Caracas, Venezuela, August 28, 2005 —Venezuela’s Chavez said to visiting Rev. Jesse Jackson (click here) today that he would like Jackson to help with finding a way to provide discounted heating oil and free eye operations to poor communities in the U.S. Pointing out that Venezuela provides 1.5 million barrels of oil per day to the U.S., Chavez said, “we would like to provide a part of this 1.5 million barrels of oil to poor communities.”

...and Hugo Chavez has made good use of the oil monies of the People of Venezuela...

He has been true to his 'theme' of liberating Venezuela from the clutches of insitutions that have, in the past, locked South American countries into insoluble debt. He, along with Brazilian President, Inácio Lula Da Silva and Paraguay's Nicanor Duarte created a South American alternative to the IMF. I hope it goes well. It's philosophy is something the people of South America understand and approve of. Not bad, for a man Bush simply dispises.

Venezuela cuts oil payment time (click here)
Published: Jan. 8, 2008 at 11:26 PM
CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Venezuela's state energy company, PDVSA, decided Tuesday to cut the period for which foreign companies can pay for oil from 30 days to eight. Venezuelan officials said they decided to reduce the length of its payment period so PDVSA can, in turn, reinvest in its infrastructure sooner, Globovision TV reported Tuesday. Officials also attributed the decision to the declining value of the dollar. In 2007, Venezuela assumed majority control of several large oil projects, including those of U.S. producer ExxonMobil.

So, in a role not frequently notable to Hugo Chavez, he assisted with the release of hostages.

Consuelo Gonzalez, released hostage of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, with her daughters Patricia, second left, and Maria Fernanda Perdomo in Caracas, Venezuela, on Monday.Photo: AFP

Now realizing, Columbia and Venezuela are in a very dangerous neighborhood, is to realize why it took Hugoo Chavez to secure the hostages.

But, these acts of caring for people get him a lot of mileage and to a greater degree, rightfully so. I don't know about you, but, if push came to shove I would rather have a man with the background and sincere commitment to democratic socialist principles than otherwise. After all, he thought nothing of intervening.

The results were good results. Can anyone else claim such a success given the nature of the hostage takers? I don't think so. Not without causing a war. And a war is the last thing the people of South America need. So, Hugo did good. He did better than good, he did great.

See, Hugo is 'kinda' typical of those that seek to thwart harmful and out of control American policy. There is this espionage story about the USSR...

...Speaking through an interpreter, Chavez called on nations to rise up against what he called America's hegemony. He even had some recommended reading for his colleagues: Noam Chomsky's Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance.
"It's an excellent book to help us understand what's been happening in the world throughout the 20th century," Chavez said, "and what's happening now."...

...Dallas was a television program about this wealthy oil family, living on a go-zillion acres of land in Texas (click here). The series was very spicey and it was a long held view that the 'illegal' market of Dallas videos at the time was rampant through the USSR with the country of Georgia leading the assault, or should I say the profiteering. There was no way that Dallas was marketed illegally throughout Russia for the purpose of destabilizing it, but, there is a long held belief it contributed to 'the thinking' including Parastroyka and Glasnov.

So, when Chomsky wrote his book about Hegemony and the like, it is assumed there is a lot of truth in it. Now, to some degree there is, in that, when listening to most Neocons/Right Wing Republicans they sincerely believe conquering the world and so called spreading democracy is 'the right of the USA.' In other words, in order to insure the USA remains a democracy it needs to destroy every other sovereign government on Earth. To realize how close Bush/Cheney has come with that 'strategy' is a little scary.

Hegemony is not about waging 'fair' and 'conventional' wars. It's about destroying everything in the path of American wrath and never regreting it. That is what Hitler did, okay? There are still Right Wing Republicans talking that way on national radio. Iraq wasn't enough of a mistake, they are still determined to blow up anything not American and be happy about it.

So, realizing books like Chomsky's are read and mostly backed up by the actions of the Bush/Cheney administration, it gets fairly obvious that Hugo Chavez believes in the potential to be invaded FOR NO GOOD REASON by a Superpower that even Russia opposes with defunct USA Star Wars Technology. So, Hugo got a bad rap. He stated his sincerest fears. It didn't go over well.

I think want really got Hugo in trouble with the world and his people was the 'Devil thing.'

...by the way, I thought it was a great speech. I really did. I still do. Considering Hugo is a Christian, there was a lot of 'himself' and sincerity, I thought.

..."And it smells of sulfur still today," Chavez said. "Yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, from this rostrum -- the president of the United States, the gentleman whom I refer to as 'the devil' -- came here, talking as if he owned the world."...

Whether anyone wants to say it or not, Venezuela is a nation in a tough neighborhood.

Colombian Troops Begin Retaking Rebel-Held Territory (click here)

...But although most of the guerrillas responded to the offensive by disappearing into the jungle, some shot at helicopters this morning, hitting three aircraft and wounding two soldiers and a pilot, Gen. Fernando Tapias, chief of the armed forces, told reporters at the Defense Ministry in Bogotá this morning. He suggested that the takeover of the region would be slow, since the military was wary of anti-personnel mines on the roads and the possibility of rebel ambushes....

He's been demonized as of late because of his extremist 'attempts' to be dictator

He's a revolutionary. As General he attempted a coup in 1992. It was unsuccesful, or so they say, because in 1998 there was nothing unsuccessful about his election to President.

He is popular because he is sincerely a man that wants to elevate people to a standard of living they have never been afforded. His 'fall from grace' during the Bush Years is due to the fact he is concerned for the national defense of Venezuela and it's sovereignty.

His concern comes from the same source as any other small country viewed as being in disfavor of the USA, it stems from the aggressive nature of the USA as well as the unpredictable us of it's military.

Hugo Chavez - The Controversial Venezuelan President. Do want to understand him or simply ridicule him?

Hugo Chevez greets you.

Bolivarian Revolution - The Rise of the Disenfranchised.

...The Bolivarian Revolution is a struggle waged by those who have those who have always been socially excluded against those who have traditionally been privileged against. It's a battle of dignity against ignominy, a battle for the rights of the peoples of Venezuela and Latin America. The Bolivarian Revolution is a result of and a struggle of the will and hope of the Venezuelan people to be independent and the owner of the riches of my country.
The Bolivarian Revolution, and President Chavez as its leader, is the result of this struggle, inspired by the ideas of our national hero, Simon Bolivar....

Simon Bolivar, Military General and President of Venezula 1813-1830

Revolutionary and diplomat

April 19th of 1810 marks the date of the Declaration of Independence. The “Junta” formed on that day appoints Bolívar, in the company of Luis López Méndez and Andrés Bello, as representative to the British Government. Once his mission was completed, Bolívar returns from London at the end of the same year. In Britain he was able to observe the practical functioning of institutions. Once restored to his place in the Caracas Patriotic Society, he becomes one of the ardent spokesmen for Independence which is finally proclaimed by Congress on July 5 of 1811. Bolívar enters military service, and rising to the rank of Colonel he takes a hand in the raid of Valencia under the orders of Miranda in 1811.

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