One more he fled, back to Haiti and attacked the Spanish again in 1817 with help from Haiti. He won the town of Angostura on the Orinoco River, which gave Bolivar good position to continue on to the capital. He now received 4000 soldiers that volunteered to help him since the Napoleonic Wars in Europe had ended. "In 1819, a congress assembled in Angostura and proclaimed the Republic of Colombia- (Kinsbruner). .
This Republic of Colombia, also known as Gran Colombia consisted of Venezuela, New Granada (Colombia and Panama) and the colonies of Quito (Ecuador). It was still mostly controlled by Spanish forces, except for the freed area of Angostura in Venezuela. Bolivar then marched on Bogotá in New Granada, he and his men crossed the Andes Mountains and reached Bogotá defeating the royals in the Battle of Boyacá (Greene). He then returned to Angostura and planned to attack the Spanish on the plains of Carabobo. Meanwhile Spain suffered political problems. Ferdinand was forced to sign a treaty that would limit his power. Therefore he was unable to send troops to support the royals in the colonies against Bolivar. Bolivar's victory at the battle of Carabobo finally drove the Spanish out of Venezuela and guaranteed Colombia's Independence. As of 1821 only Quito was left to liberate and Simon Bolivar sent General Antonio José de Sucre to do it. At the battle of Pichincha in 1822 the Republic of Colombia became completely Independent. .
At the same time that Bolivar was liberating the North, Jose de San Martin headed the South. Jose de San Martin was also a South American Revolutionary. He was born in 1778, in Yapey , Argentina. .
"In Argentina support for independence grew, and in 1816, a congress of delegates from Buenos Aires and several interior provinces declared independence from Spain, calling the new nation the United Provinces of South America- (Kinsbruner). In Chile however Spain sent reinforcements to fight off the Independence Movement.
