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Open cabildo
Town-hall style meeting in Hispanic America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the political party, see Open Cabildo (Uruguay).
The open cabildo (Spanish: cabildo abierto) is a traditional Hispanic American political action for convening citizens to deliberate policy. Originating in Spanish America as an iteration of the cabildo, it also spread to Spain.
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