Gustavo Pellon said the Spanish House received its new name from Fernando Bolivar, the nephew and adopted son of Latin America's great liberator, Simon Bolivar. Fernando Bolivar, a student at the University in 1827, left after one year because of financial difficulties. President James Monroe befriended Bolivar who, despite dropping out of college, went on to have a distinguished career as a diplomat. A half-hour into the ceremony, the ambassador unveiled a plaque, citing a brief history of Fernando Bolivar's life and the reasons why the house was named for him. He also gave two books on Simon Bolivar's life on behalf of the Venezuelan government.
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Echevarria had to leave before the reception because a situation arose in which a group of Colombians apparently took over the Venezuelan consulate in Miami in protest of Venezuela accepting a visit by Fidel Castro. The Spanish House has been in existence since 1980. It started out as a non-University sanctioned group at Oxford Hill apartments, Spanish Prof. David Gies said. You may not reproduce the contents of this paper in any shape or form without the express written consent of The Cavalier Daily .