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Both Spain and Portugal
Napoleon armies invaded both spain and portugal Napoleon aim was to closevthe ports of thesecountries to british shipping -
Creoles lead
Napoleon conquest of spain in 1808 triggered revolts in the spanish colonies -
broken out
In1810 rebellion broken out in several parts of Latin America -
A cry for freedom
Padre Miguel Hidalgo a priest in the small village of Dolores took yhe first step toward independence -
defeated
The army defeated Hidalgo -
Bolivar's Route to Victory
Simon Bolivar's native Venezuela declared its independence from Spain in 1811 -
March across the Andes
Sam Martin led an army on a grueling march arcoss the Andes to Chile -
Venezuela independence
In Bolivar had won the Venezuela independence -
Brazil Royal
He officially declared Brazil independence brazil had won its inedependenec in a bloodlless revolution -
Sam Martin
San Martin left his army for Bolivar to command with unified revolutionary force Bolivar army went on to defeat the Spanish at the Battle of Ayacucho
