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.

Keywords

• new right
• elections
• paraguay
• corruption
• traditional parties
• anti-system forces
• o. cartes
• s. peña