This bust of Simón Bolívar, sculpted by Carlos Puig in 1973, was originally located in Bayfront Park but relocated in 1990 to a parking median on East Biscayne Boulevard between East Flagler Street & NE 1st Street.
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Ponte Palacios y Blanco (1783 - 1830) was a leader of several independence movements throughout South America, collectively known as Bolívar's War. Credited with leading the fight for independence in what are now the countries of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and Bolivia, he is revered as a hero in these countries and throughout much of the rest of Latin America.
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