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,

Links from this – The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade August 31, 2024
This is a detailed and wildly frustrating book about the history of drugs in Mexico. To be technically correct, it’s about the industry of drugs in Mexico, but the one truth that shines through: not a lot of drugs get used in Mexico. The country’s drug trade is a big factory to supply it’s addicted...