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Valivator's Independence: How Peru Gain Its Independence
How Peru gain its independence. On July 28th 1821 José de San Martín and his army liberated Peru and claimed its independence from Spain on the 28th of July 1821.The two leading figures of South American wars of independence were Simon Bolivar in the north, and José de San Martín of the south. They met in Ecuador where the modest San Martín came out only being the second best.
In Argentina he is honored a hero but in, South America at large Bolivar is honored almost as a god.
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