Caudillos
Subtitle: Dictators in Spanish America
Edition: Rev edition
Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr
Published: April 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780806124124
Subjects: South American; History: World; Executive Bodies; Fascism; History - General History; Latin America; Biography: general; Central America; Central government; Political structure & processes; South America; 1830-; Caudillos; History
First sentence: IT has been observed that in many countries of Central and South America the local and even national government has often been monopolized by "strong men," "caudillos," and "caciques" who perpetuate themselves in power, sometimes even under cover of constitutional or judicial fictions.