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Events on Thursday 13 May 1830 1
1830Venezuela and Ecuador secede from Gran ColombiaBolívar's union of northern South America breaks apartVenezuela withdrew from Gran Colombia in early 1830, followed by Ecuador in May, splitting the republic that Simón Bolívar had assembled from former Spanish colonies. The breakup followed years of regional rivalry and resistance to rule from Bogotá. Bolívar resigned the presidency in April and died later that year without seeing the union restored.