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Argentine president from 1989 to 1999 elected by Peronism, Menem embraced neoliberalism: he privatized state firms, pegged the peso to the dollar, opened the economy, aligned with the US and pardoned junta officers.
Political topics
Carlos Menem leans further toward free market than 94% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Free market is where Carlos Menem stands furthest from the rest.
On Nationalism, Carlos Menem sits practically at the catalog median.
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Synthesis of the Asian Tigers: entrusts government to a merit-recruited technical elite insulated from the vote and guided by results rather than doctrine, combining free trade, open markets and low taxation with strict public order and state planning where it proves effective.
Pragmatic branch that prioritizes fiscal adjustment, economic stability, and governability through broad coalitions, accepting market reforms and political concessions in the name of short- and medium-term results.
Synthesis that unites free markets and economic freedoms with the appreciation of tradition, order, and institutions, defending prudent change and social stability within the framework of liberal democracy.
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Green AnarchismAnarchist26%
Former IMF economist and president of Paraguay for the Colorado Party since 2023, backed by Horacio Cartes. He keeps taxes low, ties with Taiwan and alignment with Trump and Israel, and champions agribusiness and the traditional family.
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A unitary presidential republic governed for decades by the Colorado Party, with low taxation, a soy- and beef-exporting economy, major hydroelectric output at Itaipú, and a conservative, largely Catholic society bilingual in Guaraní.
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A city-state of the Italian Renaissance, Florence united banking and commercial capitalism, factional disputes among guilds and families such as the Medici, and a patronage that revolutionized the arts, letters, and political thought.
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