One similarity in the actions of simon bolivar and napoleon bonaparte is that both leaders

The correct answer is encouraged nationalism.

Simon Bolivar was an important political leader who was instrumental in liberating Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama from Spanish reign. Obviously, he wanted all of these countries to be independent and to flourish without Spain, which was so far from them. Similarly, Napoleon Bonaparte wanted France to become less dependent on other countries and more centered around itself.