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Colombia, Ecuador and
Venezuela retained the tricolour of the Great
Colombian Federate Republic when it broke up 1830-32. It was designed by
Francisco Miranda and was carried by Simon Bolivar in all his battles to
free South America from Spanish rule (he had hoped that the Gran Colombia
would be a step towards federating all of South America).
The colours are said to symbolise golden America seperated from bloody
Spain by the blue sea.
paul adams 29-NOV-1995