Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón, often known as Santa Anna, was a Mexican general, politician, and caudillo who served as the eighth president of Mexico on multip
Dr. Valentín Gómez Farías, Santa Anna's vice president 1833–34, who enacted liberal reforms
Santa Anna in a Mexican military uniform
Fall of the Alamo to Santa Anna's forces, 6 March 1836
"Surrender of Santa Anna" by William Henry Huddle shows the Mexican president and general surrendering to a wounded Sam Houston, battle of San Jacinto
Caudillo
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A caudillo is a type of personalist leader wielding military and political power. The term is historically associated with Spain and post-independence Hispanic America. It is often used interchangeabl
Antonio López de Santa Anna
…Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón (21 February 1794 – 21 June 1876), often known as Santa Anna, was a Mexican general, politician, and caudillo who served as the eighth president of Mexico on multiple occasions between 1833 and 1855. A controversial and pivotal figure in Mexican politics during…
Juan Manuel de Rosas, c. 1841 by Cayetano Descalzi, the caudillo paradigm
Emilio Aguinaldo, a Filipino revolutionary who was the first president of the Philippines, and was nicknamed "El Caudillo".
José de San Martín
Antonio José de Sucre