Libertadores (Spanish, "Liberators") refers to the leaders of the revolutions which gained the nations of Latin America independence from Spain and Portugal. They were largely bourgeois criollos (local-born people of European ancestry, typically with Spanish or Portuguese ancestors) influenced by Liberalism and, in some cases, with military training in the metropolis. The South American Wars of Independence were fought in the 1810s and 1820s by colonies of Spain and Portugal that desired to break free from the nations that ruled them. ... In the Spanish colonial caste system (castas), a criollo was a person of unmixed Spanish ancestry born in the colonies. ... Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. ...
The Copa Libertadores de América ("Liberators of the Americas Cup") is an international football cup competition played annually by the top clubs of South America.
Teams are qualified for the Libertadores Cup by winning a national championship or by finishing among the first.
Note that unlike European club competitions, the Copa Libertadores historically did not use extra time or away goals to decide a tie that was level on aggregate.
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