Researchers used several software programs to reconstruct the face of the man who liberated Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela from the Spanish crown. Scans of Bolivar’s ...

CARACAS, VenezuelaCARACAS, Venezuela — For Hugo Chavez, Simon Bolivar is more than a founding ... nationalist symbol to rally his supporters. A portrait of the 19th century independence leader ...

The president often speaks under a portrait of "The Liberator" and ... Chavez first suggested in December 2007 that Venezuela should open Bolivar's coffin to examine the remains.

Hugo Chavez appears at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas with a portrait of Venezuelan liberator ... the patron saint of Venezuela, was born to Caracas's wealthiest family in 1783.