Example Sentences

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He’s living up to a realpolitik maxim attributed to various Latin American caudillos: For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

Many countries fell under the domination of caudillos, or strongmen whose power stemmed from financial control of the land’s resources.

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026

On the campaign trail in 2018, I heard stories about caudillos from recent immigrants who fled these regimes.

From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2019

Their popularity in Europe and the United States gave millions of Latin Americans the sense that they were part of a borderless, highly original culture that produced more than just caudillos, guerrilleros and boleros.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2018

Even during the tyranny of the most remorseless of the caudillos the enlightenment was working its way among the mass of the people.

From South America by Koebel, W. H. (William Henry)