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'''El Supremo''' or '''il Supremo''' ("the supreme one" in Spanish and Italian respectively) may refer to: |
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'''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. |
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* [[José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia]] (1766–1840), Paraguayan dictator |
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He for example demanded a 23-gun salute, as a self-proclaimed superior being. |
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* [[Pasquale Condello]] (born 1950), leader of the Italian 'Ndrangheta crime organization |
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* [[El Supremo (wrestler)]] (1942–2010), ring name of Mexican professional wrestler Salvador Cuevas Ramírez |
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* El Supremo, a fictional character in the Horatio Hornblower novel ''[[The Happy Return]]'' (1937) |
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== See also== |
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Some characters in [[W. E. B. Griffin]]'s [[The Corps Series (Marine Corps)|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. |
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*[[Supremo (disambiguation)]] |
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Latest revision as of 01:15, 3 December 2021
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)