The Liberator Page #4

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What's the situation in Caracas?

The royalists are regrouping

outside the city.

Simon, we must pull back.

We should arm

all the people of Caracas.

We don't even have enough weapons for

our own troops.

Make him a tourniquet.

We'll fight them with sticks

and stones if we have to.

Simon, there is news

of a Spanish fleet approaching.

They could arrive any minute.

They say it's the largest fleet

ever sent to American territory.

Simon. . .

Many have fallen.

We must pull back.

Fine, send messengers to Caracas,

then.

Tell anyone loyal to us that

the evacuation will start immediately.

-Make it happen. Let's go.

-Let's go.

What kind of shitty cowardice

is this?

You've been given an order. Obey.

l don't agree!

That's giving up.

lt's not giving up.

Because Caracas is the people.

Caracas isn't the houses --

Then we'll go down in history

as cowards, weaklings.

Jose Felix, l demand that you go

to the Spanish garrison

and inform them

that the evacuation will be peaceful.

That's an order, Ribas.

-Yes, sir.

-Let's go.

Go! Go!

Stop. Leave me.

We have to go on, senora.

lt it you?

The Liberator.

My sons. . .

My sons died in this war,

this stupid war.

The Spanish might have oppressed and

robbed us,

but at least we had our homes,

our families.

Senora.

We managed to get a boat.

The royalists accepted to let

our supporters leave peacefully.

So they can rob their homes

without having to clean any blood.

lf you don't go, you'll convert

this exodus in a massacre.

We're lost.

Let's go.

Today we declare our independence.

. . .and our national sovereignty.

Jose Antonio Paez,

l am Simon Bolivar.

The great Liberator.

Today we proclaim the great American

Republic of Colombia.

We're here.

Here's Caracas where every one

of the king's soldiers wait for us.

Bogota.

The seat of the Spanish Crown.

The Spanish are strong there.

Yes, but they don't know

we are coming.

This is madness.

We will join forces with Santander.

lf we surprise the Spanish

and give them a good punch,

it'll inspire a lot of people.

And more soldiers will join the cause

when they see us win there.

But you forget something.

You have to cross the Andes

in the dead of winter.

Where a goat gets through,

so does an army.

Goats have coats,

but your men don't have shoes.

That's like going to meet death.

l'll give you some spearmen.

But l won't go.

l don't feel like killing myself.

Let's go.

Give yourself to God.

He'll know if He helps you or not.

Push the cannon!

Push!

Get him up!

Get him up!

Simon. . .

We have to give them the burial

they deserve.

They have arrived.

The Spanish garrison is below,

close to the Boyaca bridge.

There's more than 5,000 men.

Heavily armed.

ls there another route to Bogota?

Not at this time of the year.

The river's too high.

Whoever controls the bridge,

controls Bogota.

Whoever controls Bogota,

controls the continent, General.

They're with us.

The old America. . .

buried in this land that we've

come to reclaim.

They're with us.

Millions of humiliated lives

have led to this moment.

All of our ancestors have prayed

for this day to arrive.

Their blood is alive in our blood.

We're not here by accident.

We're here because of destiny.

Ready to fire!

Fire!

Get your weapons ready!

Fire!

Let's go!

Fire!

Fight for our nation!

Push, dammit!

Attack!

Attack!

Take cover!

Long live Bolivar!

Long live Colombia!

Long live America!

lf anything happens to me,

you're second in command.

There's a price on our heads,

and l want you to remember that.

There's a dark plan for the continent,

and whoever defends South America

will have very powerful enemies.

That's not important, Simon.

l will die for the cause,

and you know it.

l know.

-Shall we dance?

-This party is just starting.

For certain.

What did you think of this place?

Everyone says that the General

is an excellent dancer.

At least that's what the women say.

You dance with a special grace.

Any other night l would take

that compliment with pleasure.

But not tonight.

You need me.

You need me

because l am familiar with the truth.

l know the truth.

And just what is that truth

you know and l don't?

None of your generals

share your dream

of a united South America.

Except Sucre.

What the others want is

to govern their own provinces,

and they will do

whatever is in their power

to sabotage that union.

And how is it

that you know these things?

Because l'm all ears.

Men love to have me around,

but they forget l'm here.

And how can such a beautiful woman go

unnoticed?

That's precisely

what makes me invisible.

Silence!

Silence in the hall!

l didn't accept the presidency

to watch you back off.

For centuries, the Spanish

have kept us weak and divided.

And now we,

after 1 5 cruel years of war

and the bloodshed of our people,

are going to do the same?

lf we could unite so many countries

in just one union,

something l personally think

impossible,

l fear that it would concentrate

too much power

in the person of the president.

We cannot change a king

for a dictator!

l would like to remind

the vice-president

that this congress convened

to represent the will of all free men.

And not the interests and aspirations

of groups and societies

that, like you,

want us to break apart.

The people want a union!

We already have sufficient disorder

in Colombia. We don't need more.

What we need is a strong state,

firm, and efficient.

lf not, we run the risk

of becoming prisoners once again,

and of tyranny, despotism,

and foreign control.

Welcome to Palace, Excellency.

Have the list ready

for me in the morning.

They didn't come for me.

They came for you.

He must die tonight!

That way!

Come here.

Look.

There's someone there.

Liberator. . .

Thank you.

You and l have shared

a lot of history.

l'm sorry to see us end up here.

This is the end then?

The courts have condemned you

to death.

And they have put me

between two terrible choices.

lf l allow them to put you to death,

the union will die as well.

And if l pardon you,

it will be you who kills me.

You would eliminate the only man

who dared to tell you the truth?

The truth, Santander?

l'll try one more time to create

a union by political means.

Did you pardon Santander?

Tell me it's not true.

lt makes no sense

to send the message to the world

that l'm murdering everyone

who opposes me.

They don't want equality.

They don't want union.

They only look out for themselves

and the ones with power.

Do you think l don't know

what you're saying to me?

You're the president.

You can't have made a pact

with those who have become

enemies of your ideals.

Let me go!

This man claims he know you,

Excellency.

Get your hands off me!

You're doing exactly

what Santander wants.

You're going to surrender

the future of America

in the hands of the man

who tried to kill you,

and who is trying to divide

the country?

Simon, you have come further

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