Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na mpaghara Andean, a na-eji okwu obodo "kuraka" eme ihe dị ka ihe ọzọ na "cacique", n'adịghị ka ndị ọzọ nke Spanish Colonial Americas. Mgbe ha merisịrị Alaeze Ukwu Inca, ndị Spen nọ n'ọchịchị Peru kwere ka ndị "kurakas" ma ọ bụ "caciques" nọgide na-enwe aha ndị isi ha na ihe ùgwù nke ịchịisi obodo ma ọ bụrụhaala na ha na-eguzosi ike n'ihe nye eze Spain. Na ngwụcha narị afọ nke iri na asatọ, nnukwu nnupụisi, ndị
Nnupụisi Tupac Amaru (1781), nke a na-akpọkarị "Nupụisi Ukwu", bụ nke Tupac Amaru nke Abụọ duziri, "kuraka" nke kwuru na ọ bụ nwa nke usoro eze Inca, ya bụ Emperor ikpeazụ Thupaq Amaru. Na nnwere onwe na 1825, Simón Bolívar kpochapụrụ utu aha ndị a ma ama, mana ike na ùgwù nke "kurakas" adịlarị na-ada mgbe Nnukwu Nnupụisi ahụ gasịrị. A na-eme nnupụisi "Kuraka" kemgbe mmalite nke ọchịchị Spanish, "kurakas" sitere na nzụlite dị iche iche na ebe dị iche iche nke Andes duziri nnupụisi n'ọtụtụ oge, ịbụ nnupụisi Tupac Amaru II, nke bịara mgbe afọ 250 nke ọchịchị colonial gasịrị, nke kachasị ukwuu n'ime ha na nnukwu nnupụisi na akụkọ ihe mere eme nke alaeze America nke Spain, n'agbanyeghị nke ahụ, nnupụisi kuraka ga-aga n'ihu ọtụtụ afọ na ọtụtụ iri afọ mgbe nnupụisi Tupac Amaru nke abụọ dị ka nnupụisi Tupac Katari ma ọ bụ nnupụisi Mateo Pumakawa mere n'oge Agha Nnwere Onwe nke South America.