2023 election results: Santiago Peña becomes the new president of Paraguay


Paraguay has decided. The Economist santiago pena has become the new president of this country by winning the General Elections 2023 together with the political group Colorado party. In this way, he will lead a nation with more than 6 million people for the next 5 years.

One of the first personalities to congratulate Peña’s triumph has been the current president Mario Abdo. “We will work to start an orderly and transparent transition that strengthens our institutions and the country’s democracy,” he announced via Twitter.

Mario Abdo congratulated the lecto president Santiago Peña. Photo: capture @MarioAbdo/Twitter

Who is Santiago Pena?

santiago pena He is an economist, politician and former member of the Directory of the Central Bank of Paraguay. He was Minister of Finance of the Government of the former president Horace Cartes, who is being accused by USA of alleged corruption. A few days ago, the company owned by Cartes Tabacalera del Este, tabesa, was included in the list of entities blocked from doing business or transactions in the country’s financial system by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury.

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