Cacique

By Deane Barker • •

Historically, this was an Indian chief in Latin America. More recently, it’s become known as the name for a “political boss” in local politics, and, more generally, anyone in Latin American culture who is locally powerful and well-connected.

Why I Looked It Up

I don’t know. I just had it in my notes. It might have been in The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade,

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