Bolívar: Una lucha admirable

I love anything that has to do with history and I enjoyed this riveting series. I felt some of the acting, especially from a few of the women, was corny and overly dramatized. Some of the musical score did not fit the scene. Other than that, it was so exciting that I binged watched it on Netflix.

I'm a Venezuelan. Loved it so much that I'm re watching it again. Based on the Memoirs of Bolívar's aide de camp Gral O'Leary. So People here who criticize accents etc are ignoring the fact that it is impossible to film in Venezuela nowadays. And both actors playing Bolívar are Venezuelans with same accent. Very entertaining to watch my history classes come to life. Specially in our very dire present political & economical times.

Absolutely loved this show. I cried a lot throughout the series because it made me transport myself as if I lived during that time. Beautiful production and amazing actors. Recommend it to others to watch.

I am a great admirer of Simon Bolivar, a true hero who sacrificed everything for an ideal. This series is fantastic in spite of Maduro's comments, one can only admire Bolivar all over again. The wars of independence were atrocious and only a heroic figure like Bolivar - with the education, connection and wealth and resolve to back him-- could have undertaken it. We can only applaud Netflix and Caracol for such an amazing undertaking. The costumes are beautiful, the scenery of Colombia breathtaking, the acting superb and it will help to remind all Americans (North and South ) who Simon Bolivar was. Some reviewers are pedantic. True, Abreu's accent sounds Colombian, but who is to know what Venezuelan accent was two hundred years ago. True, that some battle scenes are not epic, but all 60 episodes are worth watching not once but twice.

As a Spanish learner I am always looking for series in Spanish to watch. If that fits you, then this is a good series to watch. The actors are good, the scenery nice, the story well developed. It's a good quality telenovela along the lines of another great Colombian telenovela - La Niña. And 60 episodes give me lots of practice with my Spanish!