FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA
(Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinoza)
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Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinoza, commonly known as Francisco de Miranda (American Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈsisko ðe miˈɾanda]), was a Venezuelan military leader and revolutionary. Although his own plans for the independence of the Spanish American colonies failed, he is regarded as a forerunner of Simón Bolívar, who during the Spanish American wars of independence successfully liberated much of South America. He was known as "The First Universal Venezuelan" and "The Great Universal American".
