Assertion: decree | /r/CapableOf | permit atrocity
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text: The Decree of War to the Death, in Spanish Decreto de Guerra a Muerte, was a decree issued by the South American leader Simón Bolívar which permitted murder and any atrocities whatsoever to be committed against civilians born in Spain, other than those actively assisting South American independence, and furthermore exonerated Latin Americans who had already committed such murders and atrocities.