Verse:Ganymede/Bolívarismo

Simón Bolívar, namesake of the movement and often cited as the most important of the grandes hombres.

Bolívarismo (Spanish pronunciation: [boˈliβaɾismo]) also called Bolivarism in English or Uboliba in Ganymedian (pronounced: [uboˈliba]) is a Ganymedian panhispanist political ideology and associated movement that encourages the affirmation of a common cultural heritage between Ganymedians of mixed or full Hispanic American descent. Inspired by the Chicano Movement in the 1960s United States, Bolivarists initially emerged in the 2260s working alongside and often in tandem with the Wapantera to combat a perceived attempt by the fledgling Ganymedian state to encourage cultural assimilation into a homogenous culturally Ganymedian Creole state. The movement was named after Venezuelan political revolutionary Simón Bolívar, who had become an inspiring figure and role model in the struggle for Ganymedian independence; by reclaiming his image, Bolivarists distanced themselves from the Ganymedian state they so despised and claimed to be the true successors to the revolutionary fervour that had brought about independence in the eyes of Hispanic-descent Ganymedians.