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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. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
caudillaje society, caudillaje culture, caudillaje man, kinship elite, monistic democracy, absolute impairment, caudillo leaders, surrounded man, foreign factors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Latin America, Spanish American, Buenos Aires, Dominican Republic, Dominican Party, New Granada, General Pinochet, Organization of American States, Porfirio Diaz, Facundo Quiroga, New World, Santo Domingo, North American, Upper Peru, World War, Fidel Castro, Santa Anna, Alfredo Stroessner, First Lady, Juan Manuel de Rosas, Francisco Bilbao, Juan Nepomuceno Moreno, New Spain, New York New!
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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. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
caudillaje society, caudillaje culture, caudillaje man, kinship elite, monistic democracy, absolute impairment, caudillo leaders, surrounded man, foreign factors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Latin America, Spanish American, Buenos Aires, Dominican Republic, Dominican Party, New Granada, General Pinochet, Organization of American States, Porfirio Diaz, Facundo Quiroga, New World, Santo Domingo, North American, Upper Peru, World War, Fidel Castro, Santa Anna, Alfredo Stroessner, First Lady, Juan Manuel de Rosas, Francisco Bilbao, Juan Nepomuceno Moreno, New Spain, New York New!
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- A History of Argentine Political Thought by Joseluis Romero in Front Matter, page 116, and Back Matter
- The New Authoritarianism in Latin America by David Collier in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Latin America by Howard Wiarda in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Military Rule in Chile: Dictatorship and Oppositions by Professor Julio Valenzuela on page 325, and page 334
- Pinochet: The Politics of Power (Thematic studies in Latin America) by Genaro Arriagada Herrera on page 326, and Back Matter
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- King of the Mountain: The Nature of Political Leadership by Arnold M. Ludwig in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Dictator Next Door: The Good Neighbor Policy and the Trujillo Regime in the Dominican Republic, 1930-1945 (American Encounters/Global Interactions) by Eric PaulRoorda in Back Matter
- Transnational Conflicts: Central America, Social Change, and Globalization by William I. Robinson in Back Matter
- Latin America in the World Economy: Mercantile Colonialism to Global Capitalism by Frederick Stirton Weaver in Back Matter
- Latin America 1800-2000: Modern History for Modern Languages by Will Fowler in Back Matter
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