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Recent Examples of caudillo
Hatuey, the Taíno chief who fought the Spanish conquistadores and is known as the Americas’ earliest revolutionary, was a caudillo.
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Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
Any analogy to this Presidency can be found only in the history of other countries, in the whims and cruelties and fantasies and insanities of the tyrants of antiquity, tin-pot dictators, Latin American caudillos, and modern strongmen.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2025
Instead of building strong political parties with coherent platforms, the country ended up with rival caudillos— Sandinista on the left and anti-Sandinista on the right.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
Deriving from the word caudillo, or strongman, caudillismo is a quintessential Latin American political phenomenon.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 16 Jan. 2025
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Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
Any analogy to this Presidency can be found only in the history of other countries, in the whims and cruelties and fantasies and insanities of the tyrants of antiquity, tin-pot dictators, Latin American caudillos, and modern strongmen.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2025
Instead of building strong political parties with coherent platforms, the country ended up with rival caudillos— Sandinista on the left and anti-Sandinista on the right.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
Deriving from the word caudillo, or strongman, caudillismo is a quintessential Latin American political phenomenon.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caudillo
Noun
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Brolin made his foray into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the warlord Thanos in the Avengers film series.—
Sarah Weldon,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Feb. 2026
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Pedro Pascal, who plays Din Djarin, will be joined onscreen by Sigourney Weaver as a skilled fighter pilot; Jeremy Allen White as Rotta, Jabba the Hutt’s rebellious son; and Jonny Coyne as a ruthless Imperial warlord.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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To set the scene: Beale has called out his corporate overlords over a deal with the Saudis.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
21 Feb. 2026
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The corporate overlords need to get off their fat … wallets.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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But, ten years later, his embrace of near-totalitarian control bears the deep imprint of his most personal beliefs about force, weakness, faith, and order.—
Evan Osnos,
The New Yorker,
23 Oct. 2022
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But that would not address the fundamental goal of the protests: to end the totalitarian stranglehold that has subjected the Cubans to an unbearable serfdom.—
Néstor T. Carbonell,
National Review,
16 July 2021
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Biden put this sentiment into action by working with Netanyahu despite serious moral and political failures in Gaza, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on NATO expansion, and with Gulf potentates on the region’s security architecture.—
James Jeffrey,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Nov. 2025
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Why don’t all the rich potentates, sheiks, oligarchs and MAGA dictators meet and fix it?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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Khomeini was a leader of opposition to the shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, an authoritarian who wanted to modernize the country.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
10 Mar. 2026
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Khamenei, 87, who had been in power for more than three decades, was viewed by critics as a repressive authoritarian responsible for the mass murder of thousands of protesters and other human rights abuses.—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Even as long-reigning autocrats such as Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are removed from power, the outlook for the global state of democracy remains highly uncertain.—
Yana Gorokhovskaia,
Washington Post,
19 Mar. 2026
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Trump’s attacks may have raised some doubts in China that Xi’s backing of autocrats is wise.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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The Basij have long operated as a national paramilitary force under the command of Iran's Islamic theocratic rulers, playing a major role in violently quashing anti-government protests, including the unprecedented wave of unrest in January.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Larijani was an influential figure in Iran's leadership who was viewed by some as a de facto ruler in the wake of Khamenei's death, and with the new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei making no public appearances.—
Yarden Segev,
NBC news,
17 Mar. 2026
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In the investing space, the boss of the world’s biggest investor, Norges Bank Investment Management CEO Nicolai Tagen, told CNBC he was surprised by how muted the market action has been to the war, saying he is concerned by the long term impact of higher oil prices.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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Kalanick is the latest tech boss to decamp to Texas from California’s technology locus.—
Paul Flahive,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Caudillo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caudillo. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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