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  • noun Plural form of caudillo.

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Examples

  • It's not unusual for Latin American caudillos to say things that suggest a growing detachment from reality.

    The Acton Institute - Acton News & Commentary 2009

  • It's not unusual for Latin American caudillos to say things that suggest a growing detachment from reality.

    Catholic Exchange Dr. Samuel Gregg 2009

  • It's not unusual for Latin American caudillos to say things that suggest a growing detachment from reality.

    The Acton Institute - Acton News & Commentary 2009

  • It's not unusual for Latin American caudillos to say things that suggest a growing detachment from reality.

    The Acton Institute - Acton News & Commentary 2009

  • Even under the questionable de-centralization process -- which the opposition desperately wants to hang on to, and which, in effect, created fiefdoms and 'caudillos' -- the fact that somemunicipalities identified as part of Caracas remained within the Caracas Miranda State Governorship was at best unintelligible.

    Venezuela's government must take bull by the horns in Capital District strife 2009

  • He warned at the danger of allowing 'caudillos' or strongmen, like Cuban President

    NYT > Home Page By ERIC LIPTON 2010

  • OS I would add, not only do I like 'caudillos' or strong men, that's not the same as a dictator, he [Chavez] has obviously been elected.

    Red Pepper 2010

  • He warned at the danger of allowing 'caudillos' or strongmen, like Cuban President

    NYT > Home Page By ERIC LIPTON 2010

  • Castro's reluctant leave-taking -- with its periodic near-finales -- fits into a long tradition of Hispanic "caudillos" or dictators.

    TODAY'S ZAMAN :: News ANN LOUISE BARDACH* 2009

  • Nor did they like the fact that of the characteristic of the American caudillos, I highlighted only those displayed by "our own" Maximum Leader.

    Yoani Sanchez: Mario Vargas Llosa: A Nobel Long Delayed Yoani Sanchez 2010

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