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Recent Examples of caudillo
The three great caudillos of the Mexican Revolution were Villa, Zapata, and Obregón.
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Christian Schneider, National Review, 11 May 2023
Trump, it’s claimed, cannot present affinities with fascism because there is no such thing as fascism in America; this is why Trumpism belongs to a special historical pathway that separates the American caudillo from other global histories, especially the history of fascism and postfascism.
—Federico Finchelstein, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2020
Others were more sanguine, confident that after more than two decades of reforms designed to modernize the country, Mexican institutions were strong enough to contain the ambitions of the 65-year-old caudillo.
—Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022
Russian caudillo Vladimir Putin plans to use Ukraine as the stage for an opera in three acts: Blitzkrieg, Anschluss, Kolonisation.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 25 Feb. 2022
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Christian Schneider, National Review, 11 May 2023
Trump, it’s claimed, cannot present affinities with fascism because there is no such thing as fascism in America; this is why Trumpism belongs to a special historical pathway that separates the American caudillo from other global histories, especially the history of fascism and postfascism.
—Federico Finchelstein, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2020
Others were more sanguine, confident that after more than two decades of reforms designed to modernize the country, Mexican institutions were strong enough to contain the ambitions of the 65-year-old caudillo.
—Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022
Russian caudillo Vladimir Putin plans to use Ukraine as the stage for an opera in three acts: Blitzkrieg, Anschluss, Kolonisation.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 25 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caudillo
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He’s easily overshadowed by Ottoman warlord Dominic Monaghan, who sports eyeliner as ostentatious as his attempt at a Turkish accent.—
Celia Mattison,
Vulture,
27 Dec. 2024
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But what effect would such sanctions have on a warlord who doesn’t engage with the U.S. economy?—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
The Mercury News,
4 Jan. 2025
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Marvin’s snake of a drug lord brother, Knuckles (Daniel Wu), has a score to settle: His outfit’s legal eagle, Rose (Ariana DeBose), has stolen from him, though the money belongs to Russian overlords who make an 11th-hour appearance.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2025
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Zeus The hot-headed, thunderbolt-wielding, amorous overlord of Olympus.—
Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
20 Jan. 2025
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Ridicule only appeals to cool kids on coasts and the college towns and totalitarians.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orange County Register,
17 Oct. 2020
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Under the unconditional patronage of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kadyrov rules his republic as a totalitarian, and has done so since taking power in May 2004, after his father, then President Akhmad Kadyrov, was assassinated.—
Layla Taimienova,
Foreign Affairs,
10 May 2017
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The cover of the first issue of The New Yorker, dated Feb. 21, 1925, carried no portraits of potentates or tycoons, no headlines, no come-ons.—
Christopher B. Daly,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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Or were all those billionaire potentates in the Capitol Rotunda — seated in front of Trump’s Cabinet picks — asserting their social, economic and cultural hegemony?—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2025
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Behind the scenes, the interviews showed, those tensions flared directly between Mr. Aliyev and Mr. Putin, even though the two autocrats have often found common ground.—
Anton Troianovski,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Throughout history, the biggest threat to autocrats usually came from their own subordinates.—
Yuval Noah Harari,
WIRED,
3 Jan. 2025
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The month begins on a dreamy note as your celestial ruler, Venus, joins Neptune in a whimsical conjunction.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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His interest in sports analytics comes from his math teacher father, who handed out rulers to Trick-or-Treaters each year.—
Jesse Newell,
Kansas City Star,
7 Feb. 2025
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Baseball ops boss David Stearns constructed a team of players that appear to have the character the Mets are looking for, something Lindor views as a potential strength of the 2025 squad.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2025
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On top of that, Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy and co. are no longer bound by Disney’s pre-2019 mandate of releasing a new Star Wars movie every year.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
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When the Syrian Assad regime was toppled, many outside Syria assumed Christians were aligned with the dictator.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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Having been tapped by President Trump, very soon Rep. Elise Stefanik will step away from her upstate congressional district and make a fine ambassador to the United Nations, taking on the Russians, Chinese, Iranians, North Koreans and various other dictators and tyrants on the East Side.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Caudillo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caudillo. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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