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
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
Juan Manuel de Rosas
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Juan Manuel José Domingo Ortiz de Rozas y López de Osornio, nicknamed "Restorer of the Laws", was an Argentine politician and army officer who ruled Buenos Aires Province and briefly the Argentine Con
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…been noted for its number of caudillos and the duration of their rule. The early nineteenth century is sometimes called "The Age of Caudillos", with Juan Manuel de Rosas, dictator of Argentina, and his contemporary in Mexico, Antonio López de Santa Anna, dominating national politics. Weak nation-states in Spanish America…
Juan Manuel de Rosas in 1840
Gauchos resting in the pampas. Oil painting by Johann Moritz Rugendas
Gauchos hunting feral horses. They served in Rosas' private army
Rosas at age 36, 1829