Photo: How Did Simón Bolivar Die? Despite running tests, and
analyzing the Libertador’s remains for over a year, what killed
Simón Bolívar remains a mystery. Venezuelan government said on
Monday that experts have not been able to identify the cause of
death of Latin América’s independence hero, Simón Bolívar. Vice
President Elías Jaua said that the neither the publicly accepted
version of death by tuberculosis nor Chávez’s conspiracy theory
of murder have been able to be proved or disproved at this time.
Jaua said experts will continue to work trying to identify the
causes of death adding that in his opinion, doubts remain about
the causes of The Liberator’s death.