📚 noun • entry_id 31760
caudillo
/kɔˈdiː(j)oʊ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
caudillo
A military dictator, especially one ruling in Spain, Portugal or Latin America.
For, despite all the debunking and cynicism in this generation, there still are, amazingly, trusting people around who need to believe in great helmsmen, dear leaders, fuhrers, pre…
Then there’s Mexico’s outgoing populist and wannabe caudillo, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who is pushing a crowd-pleasing law to require all judges be elected by popular vote, inc…
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