Right Away, Boss caciquismo.1
With the beginning of the election season, the patronage networks that riddle rural … have roused themselves to readiness. The … await the marching orders of the provincial governors.
The atmosphere in the casino hung heavy with smoke. In a corner booth, a man in a Panama hat waved a Cuban cigar in the air, a faux-melancholic expression on his face. "We, the liberals, were convinced that we would win the elections. However, God's will has been otherwise." He placed the cigar into his mouth, and let out a puff of smoke. A smile played around his lips. "It seems that it is we, the conservatives, who have won the elections."
The Right Result caciquismo.2
Election season has begun in … - and, with it, the strategizing of the government's fixers. If we wish, we may wield the power of the state to ensure a favorable result.
On the table, a map of … sprawled across books, empty mugs, and lost drawing-instruments. Four men formed a circle around it, chattering about the intuitive leaning of …. It was certain to go for the government, they decided - but by how much? Could they muster an extra thousand votes out of the suburbs? How would the recent accumulation of laborers in the area affect voting patterns? Half an hour into what had been intended to be a lunch break, they reached their decision. The town would grant their party eight thousand votes, with a solid - but fruitless - opposition bloc in the working-class areas. Far more tasteful than 101% turnout.
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