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  2. Cacique - Wikipedia

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    A cacique, sometimes spelled as cazique (Latin American Spanish:; Portuguese: [kɐˈsikɨ, kaˈsiki]; feminine form: cacica), was a tribal chieftain of the Taíno people, who were the Indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles at the time of European contact with those places.

  3. Caciquism - Wikipedia

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    Cartoon from the republican magazine La Flaca (1869-1876) denouncing caciquism and electoral fraud.It shows the liberal Sagasta, perched on the "universal suffrage" funnel, at the head of a cohort of caciques and members of the forces of law and order carrying ballot boxes and pushing wheelbarrows of votes, followed by "canned municipal councils", prisoners, peasants and workers, the latter of ...

  4. Cacique (bird) - Wikipedia

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    The caciques are passerine birds in the New World blackbird family which are resident breeders in tropical South America north to Mexico.All of the group are in currently placed in the genus Cacicus, except the aberrant yellow-billed cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus), and the Mexican cacique (Cassiculus melanicterus) which constitute respective monotypic genera.

  5. List of Taínos - Wikipedia

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    Cacique who historian José Toro Sugrañes believed ruled the region of current Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico. The Jacaguas River was named in his honor. [43] Jibacoa: Cacique of the area Majibacoa present day Las Tunas, Cuba [44] Jumacao: Cacique of the area which includes the current city of Humacao, Puerto Rico, named in his honor. [45] Loquillo

  6. Cacique democracy - Wikipedia

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    Cacique democracy is a term that has been used to describe what has been observed as the feudal political system of the Philippines, where in many parts of the country local leaders remain very strong, with warlord-like powers. [1] The term was originally coined by Irish-American political scientist Benedict Anderson. [2]

  7. Caciques in Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    Statue of Agüeybaná II in Parque Monumento, Ponce The native Taíno tribes have played a major role in the history and culture of the island of Puerto Rico.At the head of each tribe was a cacique who, along with the nitaínos, governed each of the yucayeques, or villages of the island.

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