There are numerous definitions of caudillo.
caudillismo as, " basic variants of dictator and dictatorship in the Spanish world." .
These great people gained status in their communities and proved to their people .
that they were influential men and women.
There are various ranges of caudillos, just as there are in politics. They can range.
from liberal to moderate and anything in between and can come from any background. .
Caudillos also have numerous rankings parallel to the army and military. Elections were .
very important in the selection of these leaders and were decided by their peoples. Within .
these political group, central leadership is the controlling agent.
The ranges of a caudillo are very diverse. Like any politician, they are labeled by.
their party but can also be labeled as stonch or not, ( liberal, moderate, conservative). .
Hamil states, "A nearly endless variety of adjectives will also be found in and out of this .
volume that range from gaucho to military and from frockcoated to totalitarian." .
These types of governments are very controlling. There is one ruler who makes the laws .
for all peoples. There is no democracy and there is a centralized government. Some .
unique forms of these types of governments are Cuba and Russia.
The caudillo is sometimes compared to today's modern military leaders. Hamill .
states, " For Brian Loveman and Thomas Davies, neither the the caudillo nor today's .
professional soldier is committed to political movements or interests based on traditional .
ideological questions of liberal or conservative." In comparison, the Caudillo and.
today's soldier did not fit the stereotype of just one political group.
Caudillismo's are different from kings and presidents because they would have to .
win their positions by way of having personality and character rather then by wealth and .
prestige. Hamill states, "Caudillismo is an attempt, based on charisma, to keep political .
Primarily, Facundo is propaganda against Rosas, the Argentine dictator or caudillo. ... He believes that Rosas, Facundo Quiroga, and Urquiza are all caudillos from the same mold. ... All of the caudillos used terror to get the fickle public behind them in everything they did. ... He is again speaking of the military backgrounds of all of these Argentine caudillos. ... Most of all, however, the book is propaganda against Rosas as a caudillo. ...
The caudillo, the Roman Catholic Church and the Mestizos/ Indians have much to do with these struggles to gain power and authority over the citizens of Latin America, particularly El Salvador. ... The interaction between the archbishop and the caudillos in the movie "Romero" show how the effort to gain authority creates great conflict. A caudillo is a chief or authority especially in Spanish speaking countries. Three instances where caudillos use their power to control the church were when the military used the church for a place for the soldiers to reside temporarily, kicking out the arch...
During the Spanish American wars of independence, 1808-1833, the term caudillo began being used to describe political leaders. ... One of the most popular caudillos in Latin America was Simón Bloívar, who led Venezuela to their independence. Other examples of men who were caudillos would be José Páez and Porfirio Díaz. Caudillos would work hard to bring together the countries and make them stronger and more unified. ... Similarly to those leaders in the Spanish American wars of independence, the Haitian leaders had characteristics that replicate those of caudillos. ...
The post independence period in Latin American represents the golden age of the caudillos (military leader). ... The most successful caudillos had alliances with a number of popular groups and depending on the nation they were either Indian, Black, mestizo, or a combination thereof. These caudillos often mobilized followers with various methods and used a number different strategies to create new forms of political participation in Latin America during this era. Juan Manuel Rosas best epitomizes the caudillo in this traditional system. ... The caudillos Jose Manuel Rosas and Antonio Lopez de ...
Facundo or Civilization and Barbarism "Facundo or, Civilization and Barbarism," by Domingo F. Sarmiento is a book which talks about the many topics of government and political situations in which Argentina was involved. Mary Mann is the translator of the book and the introduction is by Ilan Stavans...
Compare the roles of the army, the church and the syndicates (or unions) in Spain and Portugal during their respective dictatorships. Spain and Portugal have always shared a similar history, especially during the 19th century. Soon after the First World War, both Spain and Portugal had a viole...
Venezuela in its core traditions is a society formerly led by caudillos and many authoritarian regimes, thus making the shift in 1998 towards Hugo Chavez's leftist views and leadership reasonably easy. ...
Post-colonial Latin America saw a rise in political participation from members of its society. These included the Spanish, elites, middle classes, lower classes, slaves and caudillos. They were all in a social struggle to voice their opinion and shape Latin America the way they wanted it to be. Many...