This goo was worth a point in July 2024.

publication date: Friday, June 28, 2024 (part of July 2024)

category: Military

clue: This South American founding father will forever be associated with the nickname El Libertador for freeing modern-day Bolivia and many other lands from the Spanish Empire.

intended difficulty: very easy

do-over: This was a "do-over" goo, inspired by incorrect guesses for a previous goo.

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and Richard Slominsky

trivia: This was a do-over goo for the recent goo of Bernardo O'Higgins.


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