Evren Alegre and Santiago Peña linked up in Paraguay
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An online Atlas/Intel poll showed Efrain, the Liberal Party, at 38.1%, and the Santiago, Colorado, party at 36.4%.
With less than a month left until the presidential elections in Paraguay, candidates Efraín Alegre, of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party and Santiago Peña, of the Colorado Party, They appear technically related in polls of voting intentions. The elections will be held on April 30.
In the Atlas/Intel poll, Allegri emerged with 38.1% of the voting intentions against her main opponent’s 36.4%. The survey interviewed 1,948 people from April 1 to 4. The error rate is 2%.
Third in the poll is former Senator Bayou Cubas, of the Cruzada National Party, with 14.5% of voting intentions. Here it is full Search (7 MB).
The current scenario shows a continuation of the decline in the spread between the two candidates, which has already appeared since February. However, in the last poll conducted by FaSac Consultores SRL in March, Peña appeared more than 10 points ahead of his opponent, with 42.8% compared to 32.1%.
A Peña victory in this year’s elections would consolidate the dominance of the Colorado Party in Paraguay’s government. The centre-right myth was created during the military dictatorship. He has led Paraguay for more than 30 years since the country’s restoration of democracy in 1989. The only exception was the tenure of former President Fernando Lugo, who led Paraguay from 2008 to 2012. Lugo was from the left-wing Front Guaçu party.
A major political feature of Paraguay is the existence of the old parties. In addition to Colorado, there is also the purebred Radical Liberal Party of Efrain Alegre. To run in the 2023 elections, the centre-right party has allied itself with other parties, including the left-wing Guaçu Front, in the Concertación Nacional coalition.
Santiago Peña
Born in the capital, Asuncion, on November 16, 1979, Peña, 44, is seen as a politician who will continue the line adopted by former president and businessman Horacio Cartes, who ruled the country from 2013 to 2018.
Paraguay’s presidential candidate Santiago Peña campaigns in the capital, Asuncion; The event took place on March 14, 2023 Efrain Alleger
Born in San Juan Bautista, municipality of Paraguay, Efraín Alegre, 60 years old, is a little different from Pena according to Professor Felic, since the genuinely Radical Liberal Party has the same ideological affiliation as the Colorado Party. According to expert Wagner Iglecias, the Colorado party described the candidate’s proposals as “The Populists”.
But because of the alliance with the left-wing Front Guwaso party, Allegri is incorporating a more social edge into his campaign rhetoric.
Paraguay’s presidential candidate, Efraín Alegre, in the city of Aregua; The event took place on March 12, 2023 
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