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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.
Political topics
Santiago Peña leans further toward free market than 88% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Free market is where Santiago Peña stands furthest from the rest.
On Technology, Santiago Peña sits practically at the catalog median.
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Political tradition that values order, customs, family, and consolidated institutions, preferring gradual and prudent change over rupture, based on historical experience and skepticism toward utopias.
Right-wing current that combines free markets, free trade, and limited government with strong national identity, cultural assimilation, traditional and religious values, and a robust military.
Right-wing current that unites free markets, traditional values, and an interventionist foreign policy, advocating the promotion of democracy and national interests through military force and global leadership.
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Green AnarchismAnarchist24%
Foreign minister from 1902 to 1912, the Baron of Rio Branco settled Brazil's borders through arbitration and negotiation, as in Acre and Misiones, drew the country closer to the United States and made law and diplomacy the basis of foreign policy.
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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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Piedmontese state led by the House of Savoy that enacted the Albertine Statute, modernized its infrastructure and diplomacy, and spearheaded Italian unification.
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