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Recent Examples of caudillo
Trump, it’s claimed, cannot present affinities with fascism because there is no such thing as fascism in America; this is why Trumpism belongs to a special historical pathway that separates the American caudillo from other global histories, especially the history of fascism and postfascism.
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Federico Finchelstein, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2020
Others were more sanguine, confident that after more than two decades of reforms designed to modernize the country, Mexican institutions were strong enough to contain the ambitions of the 65-year-old caudillo.
—Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022
Russian caudillo Vladimir Putin plans to use Ukraine as the stage for an opera in three acts: Blitzkrieg, Anschluss, Kolonisation.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 25 Feb. 2022
Putin is a ridiculous caudillo running a third-rate gangster state with a GDP per capita that is half of Lithuania’s and barely ahead of Kazakhstan’s.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 20 Jan. 2022
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Federico Finchelstein, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2020
Others were more sanguine, confident that after more than two decades of reforms designed to modernize the country, Mexican institutions were strong enough to contain the ambitions of the 65-year-old caudillo.
—Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022
Russian caudillo Vladimir Putin plans to use Ukraine as the stage for an opera in three acts: Blitzkrieg, Anschluss, Kolonisation.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 25 Feb. 2022
Putin is a ridiculous caudillo running a third-rate gangster state with a GDP per capita that is half of Lithuania’s and barely ahead of Kazakhstan’s.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 20 Jan. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caudillo
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The Liberian former warlord and senator whose brutal tactics shocked the world.Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
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Players can use their warlords as their in-game profile pictures.Ash Parrish, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
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Haines eventually invoked a scene in actor Colman Domingo's TV thriller The Madness that sees the actor's character weigh similar action against a powerful overlord.Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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In Hot Spot, set in a near future society ruled by sentient A.I., a private eye investigates a murder case only to discover a rebel group capable of undermining the digital overlord.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
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Ridicule only appeals to cool kids on coasts and the college towns and totalitarians.Letters to the Editor, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2020
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Under the unconditional patronage of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kadyrov rules his republic as a totalitarian, and has done so since taking power in May 2004, after his father, then President Akhmad Kadyrov, was assassinated.Layla Taimienova, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2017
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A number of sports potentates will be making the Idaho scene, at a moment when tens of billions of dollars are changing hands in pursuit of ever-valuable rights.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 July 2024
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By cracking the whip on local potentates, the party bolsters its already substantial public support and reinforces the power of central institutions.Dali Yang, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2017
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For a few hours on December 3, a man President Joe Biden regards as a key ally in the fight against authoritarianism effectively turned into an autocrat.Daniel R. DePetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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In some cases, he was criticized for heaping praise on autocrats and dictators.Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
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Iran’s rulers once claimed to offer an exportable Islamist model that could rival both capitalism and communism.Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
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Instead, Assad, the second son of former Syrian ruler Hafez Assad, planned to be an ophthalmologist.Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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In Season 4, Apple’s sly comic thriller about a motley crew of MI5 rejects who keep finding themselves out in the field—despite their boss’s best intentions—was better than ever, introducing an enigmatic new villain (Hugo Weaving) and bringing River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) into greater focus.Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
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In Jacques Audiard's cartel musical, Gomez plays Jessi, the wife to Karla Sofía Gascón's titular heroine, a trans woman who's trying to escape her violent past as a cartel boss.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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More specifically, in Europe the top three destinations for dictators are Russia, the UK and France!Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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When Assad’s reign ended on Sunday, the dictator fled to Moscow, where Russian President Vladimir Putin granted him asylum.Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Caudillo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caudillo. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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