As in Cuba, Jamaica's inhabitants divided their island into provinces, each ruled over by a cacique assisted by village headmen or sub-chiefs. |
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According to Ridgely and Tudor, it is more likely to be mistaken for a cacique than an oropendola in the field. |
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The Spaniards had bearded the lion in his den, and were in a position of extreme peril should the cacique prove hostile. |
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These threats intensified following the detention of the cacique on 8 May 2008 in connection with the three killings. |
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Well over 100 notable species can be easily spotted in the Carara Reserve, including the great tinamou, red-lored parrot, crimson-fronted parakeet and scarlet-rumped cacique. |
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On one occasion she recognized one of the men following her as a supporter of the local cacique. |
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Using a small brigantine and ten native canoes, they sailed along the coast and made landfall in cacique Careta's territory. |
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On September 6, the expedition continued, now reinforced with 1,000 of Careta's men, and entered cacique Ponca's land. |
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In December, the expedition arrived back in the Caribbean coast, by the Gulf of San Blas, a strip of land ruled by cacique Pocorosa. |
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Spaniards extended the usage of cacique to refer to leaders at the town or village level in virtually all indigenous groups in Spanish America. |
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In the Andean region the term kuraka was also used as an alternative to cacique. |
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In the Philippines, the term cacique democracy was coined by Benedict Anderson. |
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It is from the perspective of a Mexican cacique on his deathbed. |
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Days later, the expedition arrived in the lands of cacique Comagre, fertile but reportedly dangerous terrain. |
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First, it has led to a renaissance of an old Spanish political phenomenon, the cacique or provincial political boss, as Antonio Muñoz Molina, a leading novelist, points out. |
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The fat cacique gave the Spanish conquistador and his commanders a gift of eight noblewomen in ornate clothing, with gold collars and earrings, to breed with. |
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In 2005, in a public recognition ceremony, the molar and bone remains of the Charrúa cacique Vaimaca Perú, previously on display at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris, were restored to the National Pantheon. |
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Among other initiatives, it has actively advised and supported communities from Santo Domingo Ixcatlán and Chalcatongo de Hidalgo, two communities involved in a long-standing land dispute involving the local cacique. |
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He was received by the native cacique Guacanagari, who gave him permission to leave some of his men behind. |
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At the end of 1512 and the first months of 1513, he arrived in a region dominated by the cacique Careta, whom he easily defeated and then befriended. |
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The new store also features the popular Cacique collection of plus-size lingerie and sleepwear. |
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In her youth, her father Cacique of Paynala died, and her mother remarried another Cacique and bore a son. |
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The Huexotzinco Cacique remained in Sandoval's camp with fifty men. |
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