Colombia for the new Republic. Simón Bolívar became the first President of Colombia, and Francisco de Paula Santander was made Vice President. However, the new republic was unstable and three countries emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (New Granada, Ecuador and Venezuela). Colombia was the first constitutional government in South America, and the Liberal and Conservative parties, founded in 1848 and 1849 respectively, are two of the oldest surviving political parties in the Americas. Slavery was abolished in the country in 1851. Internal political and territorial divisions led to the dissolution of Gran Colombia in 1830. The so-called
Bolivar (Paris Métro) Bolivar (Paris Métro) Bolivar is a station on 7bis of the Paris Métro in the 19th arrondissement, on the "Avenue Simon Bolivar". The station was opened on 18 July 1911, six months the opening of a branch of line 7 from Louis Blanc to Pré Saint-Gervais on 18 January 1911. On 3 December 1967 this branch was separated from line 7, becoming "line 7bis". The "Avenue Simon Bolivar" is named after Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), "liberator" of several South American countries. During the World War I, the station, like other deep metro stations was converted into an air raid shelter. During