who were caudillos?
Some Latin American leaders considered by historians as caudillos are Antonio LÃ³pez de Santa Anna (MÃ©xico), Jorge EliÃ©cer GaitÃ¡n (Colombia), Juan Manuel Rosas (Argentina), JosÃ© Gapar RodrÃ­guez (Paraguay), AgustÃ­n Gamarra (PerÃº). In Spain, Francisco Franco is considered a caudillo.