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  • Another definition of Caudillo is "strongman" and in this guise, they have spread from the political to the economic and even into the family structure of modern Mexico.

    Los Caudillos, Mexico's masters 2003

  • Another definition of Caudillo is "strongman" and in this guise, they have spread from the political to the economic and even into the family structure of modern Mexico.

    Los Caudillos, Mexico's masters 2003

  • The dictionary defines the word Caudillo as "a politician backed by a military force" and a study of Mexican history reveals a country that from its very beginning until well into the 20th Century was controlled by men whose had seized power by force rather than through the electoral process.

    Los Caudillos, Mexico's masters 2003

  • The dictionary defines the word Caudillo as "a politician backed by a military force" and a study of Mexican history reveals a country that from its very beginning until well into the 20th Century was controlled by men whose had seized power by force rather than through the electoral process.

    Los Caudillos, Mexico's masters 2003

  • How many more people should die before the useful idiots stop calling Caudillo "the socialist leader"?

    Simply Jews 2010

  • Israel needs, in effect, what Spanish speakers call a 'Caudillo'.

    TPMCafe 2008

  • But the idea of "unity under a leader" was much in the air: Il Duce, der Fuhrer, El Caudillo, nation after nation had found itself enthralled by Leaders who embodied the hopes and aspirations of their peoples.

    January 17th, 2009 m_francis 2009

  • "Innocent people looked like they were just massacred," Caudillo said Friday.

    First-aid kits credited with saving lives in Tucson shooting Sandhya Somashekhar 2011

  • Ben Stein took to the website of the American Spectator to vilify President Obama as "the Duce in the White House"; "Our Caudillo President."

    The Meaning of Joe Barton's Apology 2010

  • Global warming or global cooling – I am never sure which to fear most when I wake in the morning – meltdown in the international banking system, recession, the possibility that Tony Blair might one day be el Caudillo of Europa, graves standing tenantless and the sheeted dead squeaking and gibbering in the London streets: enough, you may think, to be going on with.

    A Rift Too Far? 2008

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