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El Supremo or il Supremo ("the supreme one" in Spanish and Italian respectively) may refer to:

José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766–1840), Paraguayan dictator
Pasquale Condello (born 1950), leader of the Italian 'Ndrangheta crime organization
El Supremo (wrestler) (1942–2010), ring name of Mexican professional wrestler Salvador Cuevas Ramírez
El Supremo, a fictional character in the Horatio Hornblower novel The Happy Return (1937)

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+'''El Supremo''' or '''il Supremo''' ("the supreme one" in Spanish and Italian respectively) may refer to:
-'''El Supremo''' is a fictional character, possibly modeled on [[José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia]] the [[Paraguay]]an dictator who used the same sobriquet, in [[C.S. Forester]]'s novels about [[Horatio Hornblower]], appearing in [[The Happy Return]]. He is an insane and ambitious leader of a rebellion  against the Spanish in the Pacific. He is aided and given a captured ship by Hornblower, until Hornblower discovers that the Spanish have switched sides. He is captured by the Spanish and eventually hanged.
+* [[José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia]] (1766–1840), Paraguayan dictator
-He for example demanded a 23-gun salute, as a self-proclaimed superior being.
+* [[Pasquale Condello]] (born 1950), leader of the Italian 'Ndrangheta crime organization
+* [[El Supremo (wrestler)]] (1942–2010), ring name of Mexican professional wrestler Salvador Cuevas Ramírez
+* El Supremo, a fictional character in the Horatio Hornblower novel ''[[The Happy Return]]'' (1937)
+== See also==
-Some characters in [[W. E. B. Griffin]]'s [[The Corps]] series referred to General [[Douglas MacArthur]] as "El Supremo."  The main character to do this, [[Fleming Pickering]], is a shipping magnate turned US Marine general from San Francisco.  As a seaman himself, he could have been familiar with Forester's works.
+*[[Supremo (disambiguation)]]
+{{disambiguation}}
-[[Category:Characters in written fiction|Hornblower, Horatio]]
-[[Category:Fictional captains|Hornblower, Horatio]]
-[[Category:Fictional admirals|Hornblower, Horatio]]
-[[Category:Fictional sailors|Hornblower, Horatio]]
-[[Category:Hornblower books|Hornblower, Horatio]]