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Every Wednesday morning Gabriel Gonz�lez Videla cleared his desk, shooed away Cabinet Ministers, and for three hours held "Audiencias Populares."

From Time Magazine Archive

In the great capital cities sat bodies of high judicial and executive officials known as Audiencias.

From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.

The governors of the ports, and the presidents of the Audiencias established at Panama, San Domingo, and Gautemala, bought their posts in Spain.

From The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century by Haring, Clarence Henry

The most ancient and honorable of these Audiencias was the one at Puerto Principe.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 3 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher

Indeed, the Audiencias were singularly unfortunate in their proceedings, and their rule was almost always marked by a mistaken policy exaggerated by acts of cruelty and oppression.

From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Hume, Martin