![A stately Araguaney in La Plaza Bolívar in Mérida, Venezuela. Named for Simón Bolívar, who is known as the Liberator of America for leading the independence movement from the Spanish Empire of the region that is now Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. [Credit: Hector Colina, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.]](https://macskamoksha.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/la-Plaza-Bolivar-de-Merida-Venezuela-scaled.jpg)
A stately Araguaney in La Plaza Bolívar in Mérida, Venezuela. Named for Simón Bolívar, who is known as the Liberator of America for leading the independence movement from the Spanish Empire of the region that is now Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. [Credit: Hector Colina, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.]
