caudillo

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"He spoke as a revolutionary when he was acting like a caudillo," says Mr. Birns.

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  • The first political leader to capitalise on the preservation of the political mind-set inherited from the countryside was Getúlio Vargas, a prosperous caudillo (rural oligarch). —  Home
  • As a result, by lacking this context, readers interpret the issues that the report discusses through the lens of their own prejudices or the false media impressions of Venezuela, such as the widespread images of Chavez the "caudillo" or "dictator" of Venezuela. —  Venezuela Analysis
  • As a result, by excluding this context, readers interpret the issues that the report discusses through the lens of their own prejudices or the false media impressions of Venezuela, such as the widespread images of Chavez the "caudillo" or "dictator" of Venezuela. —  Venezuela Analysis
  • They belong to a cultural set more linked to Latin American populism of the caudillo variety. —  Jakarta IMC Newswire
  • Even if revolutions define themselves by breaking with such paradigms, we have to say that Chávez himself is repeating the whole caudillo, statist and militarist tradition long established in Venezuela. —  Jakarta IMC Newswire
 

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  1. Spanish, leader, from Late Latin capitellum, diminutive of Latin caput, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.
 

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