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TIMELINE OF MODERN INTERNATIONALISM

1810 to 1830s: Simón Bolívar

General Simón Bolívar, along with the other libertadores Antonio José de Sucre and José de San Martín, ousted Spanish colonialism from Latin America in the early 19th century. They fought not just in their native lands but in neighbouring countries and for the continent as a whole.

1807-82: Giuseppe Garibaldi

After campaigning for Italian unification, Republican

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