#coronelism

Coronelism

Brazilian oligarchy of 1889–1930

Coronelism, from the term Coronelismo, was the Brazilian political machine during the Old Republic (1889–1930), also known as the "rule of the colonels", responsible for the centralization of political power in the hands of a locally dominant oligarch, known as a coronel, who would dispense favors in return for loyalty.

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