Латиноамериканский исторический альманах (Jun 2023)
Analyzing the Paraguayan Presidential Election, 2023
Abstract
The recent elections in Paraguay, held on April 30, once again gave victory to the Colorado Party, which has remained in power, with a small hiatus, for more than seven decades. The new president, Santiago Peña, is a protégé of former President Horacio Cartes, sanctioned by the United States for considering him "significantly corrupt." The US sanctions, which en-trenched the Colorados in a nationalist discourse, were added, during the campaign, to geopolitical issues such as relations with Taiwan or the change of embassy from Tel Aviv to Jeru-salem, in addition to definitions on Mercosur or relations with Venezuela.
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