Cacique is a Venezuelan brand of rum, first launched in 1959. It is the number one selling rum in Venezuela and Spain. The Cacique product lines are owned by Diageo, the largest multinational beer, wine and spirits company in the world. The word "cacique" (a loan from TaĆno or Arawak languages) means "chief of the tribe" in Spanish. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (600x768, 158 KB) Summary Cacique Ron Antiguo rum. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (600x768, 158 KB) Summary Cacique Ron Antiguo rum. ... Caribbean rum, circa 1941 Rum is a distilled beverage made from sugarcane by-products such as molasses and sugarcane juice by a process of fermentation and distillation. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Diageo plc (LSE: DGE, NYSE: DEO) is the largest multinational beer, wine and spirits company in the world. ... The reconstruction of Taino village, Cuba The TaÃno are pre-Colombian indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles. ... The term Arawak (from aru, the Lokono word for cassava flour), was used to designate the Amerindians encountered by the Spanish in the Caribbean. ...