#CAUDILLISMO
El caudillismo latinoamericano es cosa seria.
The Bolsonaro comeback in Brazil
Voters are all but sure to make Flávio Bolsonaro the next president
www.economist.com
October 5, 2026 at 12:40 PM
it's not really the number of parties that's the problem. but you want to design a system where most politicians, most of the time, are competing to get the most votes from the whole electorate.
October 1, 2026 at 2:56 PM
we need reform in many areas, but i genuinely think there's been a breakdown in the transmission mechanism from the people to policy, and this is behind many of the dysfunctions we feel today
Reject the Poison: Towards an Honest Mass Politics
An honest mass politics sets the center of gravity of self-governance in legislatures, not in technocratic antipolitics or caudillismo hyperpolitics.
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 27, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Se recomienda leer hasta el final: esto es la casa de tócame Roque donde no opera la administración común del estado y su burocracia sino el caudillismo tradicionalista de las que bien en el ático
Madre mía.
Madre mía.
MADRE. MÍA.
Lo del ático, contado con pelos y señales. Lean, lean.

davidfernandez1975.substack.com/p/la-verdade...
September 25, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Lo que es más inhabitual es que ultras de izquierda y derecha parezcan tener puntos en común contra la migración; como si los de afuera fuesen los culpables de resaltar defectos de los locales.

Hay gente en la Izquierda como Sahra Wagenknecht que responde al caudillismo ciego y cobarde de su ego.
September 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
the people yearn for caudillismo.
September 15, 2026 at 4:26 AM
El problema del caudillismo, sea de izquierda o de derecha es que terminamos dependiendo de que sea el caudillo el que defina como y cuándo se va a actuar.
No se puede desconocer el liderazgo de Petro o Cepeda pero ellos tienen sus propias peleas y no podemos esperar a que digan que hacer.
September 14, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Fraga le dijo, "ni tutelas ni tutías" cuando el activador de quintacolumnistas ("el que pueda hacer que haga") le ofreció su dimisión para cuando el otro cosiderase; es la pura expresión del caudillismo
September 6, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Alma Guillermoprieto explica los males latinoamericanos y su mayor padecimiento: la pobreza
elpais.com/babelia/2026...
Alma Guillermoprieto explica los males latinoamericanos y su mayor padecimiento: la pobreza
Las crónicas de la periodista mexicana reunidas en ‘Esta improbable tierra prometida’ ofrecen un análisis profundo de las realidades de varias naciones asoladas por el caudillismo, la violencia, la co...
elpais.com
September 5, 2026 at 12:53 PM
The Hitler comparisons are typically thoroughly overwrought but reading Kershaw’s bio gives a clear exhibit of a despot, w/ a personality cult & a state whose institutions have been sidelined in favor of dialing the caudillismo up to 13/10, going ever more disconnected from reality & batshit insane.
You know, I mostly avoid these 'look what crazy thing he said' posts but...legitimately this is a deranged rant.

he seems to be confusing credit ratings with bond yields with the federal funds rate and thus imagining the fed can unilaterally lower the (yield) 'rate' the US borrows at (it can't).
If I'm reading this correctly, the President is threatening the Fed with tariffs.
September 4, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Poli-sci nerds struggling to figure out whether Trumpism is more like Interwar Fascism or Caudillismo are so funny. Bro, Andrew Jackson is there. Trump literally has him as idol and reference.

Trumpism is essentially Jacksonianism of the 21st Century.
August 24, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Latin American caudillismo is much closer to the mark for describing MAGA than interwar continental Europe, but even that doens't *quite* fit.
August 24, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Caudillismo, but make it stupid
My read, for what it is worth, is the United States, as a country, remains a democracy, but the *republican party* is now a personalist autocracy and brings that nature with it when it is voted into power.

Trump is President of the United States and King-Archbishop Lord Protector of Republicans.
August 20, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Latino Men are a key demographic for stopping Trump.

These fellas claim to vote in their own best interest, but also have to realize how deeply influenced they are by the “Strong Man” psychology of glorifying & yielding to bullies.

”Frat Bro” Culture is intersectional with Machismo & Caudillismo.
August 20, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Canada except for Quebec. Duplessis and the Union Nationale are definitely in the mold of caudillismo.
August 17, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I struggle to think of similar historical situations. There are parallels with Latin American caudillismo, but almost all caudillos derived their power from the military. The regime's structure and nationalism look kind of like Serbia under Milošević, but obviously America is not on the periphery
August 17, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Señoras Frederiksen y Meloni, el cristianismo o catolicismo son el origen y base del fascismo, caudillismo y las dictaduras en EUROPA. Es la incultura de fanatismo y del negacionismo de la MUJER, QUE LA IGNORAN DESDE LA JERARQUÍA CATÓLICA y desprecian a más del 50% de la población mundial,la mujer.
La socialista Frederiksen compra el discurso de Meloni y liga la inmigración a delitos y violencia sexual
La primera ministra danesa difunde un comunicado junto a la italiana en defensa del "patrimonio cultural cristiano de Europa" y pide "aumentar la
www.infolibre.es
August 11, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Si entiendo bien la tesis de McManus sobre conservatismo postmoderno, Bukele sería lo más cercano en la región a su modelo, seguido de cerca por estos dos. La cosa es que aquí tenemos fenómenos políticos propios (caudillismo, militarismo) que influyen mucho, y que su propuesta no contempla tan bien.
August 3, 2026 at 12:01 AM
inevitable consequence of caudillismo
The government arresting people to cover up Trump’s mental, physical and emotional failings is scary.
August 1, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Aunque ya sabes, existe la lectura de un mando unico férreo, caudillismo, autoritarismo, falta de democracia, represión, pocos fieles en los que confiar, mucho temor en el resto. Me sé todos los clichés.
July 31, 2026 at 3:53 PM
La polarización, el populismo y el caudillismo continúan presentes, ahora bajo discursos centrados en el orden, la libertad y la defensa de los valores tradicionales.
Kast
ALT: Kast
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July 23, 2026 at 1:24 PM
⚡ La extrema derecha avanza en América Latina y ya gobierna a cientos de millones de personas.

🏛️ ¿La nueva derecha logrará superar la polarización, el populismo y el caudillismo que prometió combatir?

✍️ Franz Flores

➡️ latinoamerica21.com/es/que-podem...
July 22, 2026 at 12:49 PM
so i think as we try to reconstruct a functional mass politics for the 21st century, we need to both be honest about mass politics as it was, and realistic about what the social conditions of today make possible and rule out

nostalgia is not a plan.
Reject the Poison: Towards an Honest Mass Politics
An honest mass politics sets the center of gravity of self-governance in legislatures, not in technocratic antipolitics or caudillismo hyperpolitics.
www.liberalcurrents.com
July 21, 2026 at 7:10 PM
"In the age of Trump II there is the urge—as there was in the 60s, in the age of Vietnam and urban renewal—to put chains on the government in general. To fear power full stop. And here is the unnerving truth we must confront: you cannot safety-wrap a government."
Reject the Poison: Towards an Honest Mass Politics
An honest mass politics sets the center of gravity of self-governance in legislatures, not in technocratic antipolitics or caudillismo hyperpolitics.
www.liberalcurrents.com
July 21, 2026 at 4:42 AM