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Hello, and welcome to Revolutions.

Episode 5.12, The Desired One.

As you may have noticed, we are in the annual revolving door phase of Simon

Bolivar's revolutionary career. He was forced into exile in 1812, then he staged

a triumphant reentry in Deventice, Wala in 1813, but then we ended last week

with Bolivar heading back into exile in 1814. This week, he will return to

Cartagena to restart the project of Spanish American independence only to find

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