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    A caudillo (/kɔːˈdiː(l)joʊ, kaʊˈ-/ kaw-DEE(L)-yoh, kow-, Spanish: [kawˈðiʎo]; Old Spanish: cabdillo, from Latin capitellum, diminutive of caput "head")...
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    A caudillo (Spanish pronunciation: [kawˈdiʎo]; Old Spanish: cabdillo, from Latin capitellum, diminutive of caput "head". Caudillo means "little head"...
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  • Luke Caudillo (born November 30, 1980) is an American former mixed martial artist. A professional from 2003 until 2012, he fought in the UFC. Caudillo made...
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    thereafter ruled over Spain from 1939 to 1975 as a dictator, assuming the title Caudillo. This period in Spanish history, from the Nationalist victory to Franco's...
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  • Caudillo is a documentary film by Spanish film director Basilio Martín Patino. It follows the military and political career of Francisco Franco and the...
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  • Caudillos de Chihuahua are an American football team based in Chihuahua City, Mexico. The Caudillos compete in the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional...
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  • Los Caudillos, is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and originally transmitted by Telesistema Mexicano. Silvia Pinal as Jimena Enrique Rambal...
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    Llanos del Caudillo is a municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 692. Llanos del Caudillo was founded by colonist...
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    October 1, 1936 General Francisco Franco was proclaimed Head of State (Caudillo) in parts of Spain controlled by Nationalist (nacionales) forces after...
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    time, such as Führer (for Adolf Hitler), Duce (for Benito Mussolini) and Caudillo (for Francisco Franco). Tánaiste, in turn, refers to the system of tanistry...
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    1892. The municipality was officially named after him as "El Ferrol del Caudillo" from September 1938 to December 1982. It was also the birthplace of the...
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    fascist leaders adopted, such as the position of Führer by Adolf Hitler and Caudillo by Francisco Franco. In September 1943, Mussolini styled himself as the...
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    countries, the term has also come to mean a political boss, similar to a caudillo, exercising power in a system of caciquism. The Taíno word kasike descends...
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  • Sandinista ideology or Sandinismo is a series of political and economic philosophies instituted by the Nicaraguan Sandinista National Liberation Front...
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    June 1876), or just Santa Anna, was a Mexican soldier, politician, and caudillo who served as the 8th president of Mexico multiple times between 1833 and...
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    Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title Caudillo. After his death in 1975, Spain transitioned into a democracy. During this...
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    Villaverde (14 September 1926 – 29 December 2017) was the only child of Spain's caudillo, General Francisco Franco and his wife, Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés....
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    lasted only a few months before being crushed at the hands of royalist caudillo José Tomás Boves and his personal army of llaneros. The end of the French...
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    but retained autocratic control, with some dissenters labelling him a caudillo (dictator); he argued that a successful revolution could not be run by...
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    influential, and with vast landholdings and a loyal private army, Rosas became a caudillo, as provincial warlords in the region were known. He eventually reached...
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    June 1900 – 6 February 1988) was the wife of the dictator, general and "caudillo" Francisco Franco. She exerted a major influence in censoring the press...
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    Argentine province of Entre Ríos, led by a caudillo. In spite of the "Republic" in its title, General Ramírez, its caudillo, never really intended to declare an...
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    Desiderio Arias Álvarez (1872–1931) was a notable soldier and caudillo who gained a significant following throughout the northern band of the Dominican...
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    American society. The theme of caudillismo—the régime of a charismatic caudillo, a political strongman—is addressed by examining the relationships between...
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  • was a Spanish militaryman, politician and elder brother of the Spanish caudillo Francisco Franco. Officer in the Naval Engineer Corps of the Spanish Navy...
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    Retrieved 10 July 2018. Scheina, 2003, Latin America's Wars: The Age of the Caudillo, 1791–1899, p. 58. Gootenberg (1991) p. 12. Discover Peru (Peru cultural...
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    interior provinces and in 1852 Justo José de Urquiza, another powerful caudillo, beat him out of power. As the new president of the Confederation, Urquiza...
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    short-lived governments were again the norm, with their power usurped by caudillos in parts of the country. Furthermore, the national government was bankrupt...
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    Francisco Ramírez, also known as "Pancho" Ramírez as well as "El Supremo Entrerriano" (1786–1821), was an Argentine governor of Entre Ríos during the Argentine...
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    Lupión is a municipality in the province of Jaén, Spain. Lupión Guadalimar, 38°01′15″N 3°36′45″W / 38.02083°N 3.61250°W / 38.02083; -3.61250, a village...
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