The book tells about the international politics of Simon Bolivar, an outstanding statesman and commander of the war for the independence of the peoples of South America in the first quarter of the 19th century, a man of an unusual and tragic fate, who during his lifetime knew great glory and drank the bitterness of defeat. Many of Bolivar's foreign policy ideas were ahead of their time. The main milestones of his diplomacy of national liberation were the struggle for diplomatic recognition of young independent states, the creation of the Republic of Gran Colombia, the “diplomatic duel” with US President Monroe, the preparation and convening of the Panama Congress. For international affairs specialists and readers interested in the history of international relations.