Doctors reconsider health and death of 'El Libertador,' general who freed South America

Could one of South America's greatest generals have died from a deadly poison? The death of Simon Bolivar is the medical mystery at this year's Historical Clinicopathological Conference. This conference is devoted to the modern medical diagnosis of historical figures. Venezuelan President Chavez has taken a personal interest in Bolivar's death, and the Venezuelan embassy will attend Friday's conference.

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