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Party of Chavismo and Nicolás Maduro, in power since 1999 under different names, it combines Bolivarian socialism, oil nationalism, state control and a strong military apparatus, in a regime accused of authoritarianism.
Political axes
Leans further toward public than 96% of the 159 parties and organizations in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Economy is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Diplomacy, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most parties and organizations.
Ideological proximity
Most compatible among the 266 ideologies
Socialist current born of national liberation struggles in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, defending economic sovereignty, resource nationalization, non-alignment, and solidarity among peoples of the Global South against imperialism.
Current of Sankara, Samora Machel, Nkrumah and Nyerere joining pan-Africanism, Black consciousness, anticolonial struggle, agrarian collectivization and self-reliance against neocolonialism and racism.
Current that builds socialism from the countryside, with a single party, collectivization into villages and cooperatives, food self-sufficiency and protection of land and forests, as in Nyerere's Ujamaa.
The most distant ideology
Progressive LibertarianismLibertarian35%
Revolutionary general and president of Mexico, Cárdenas nationalized oil, expanded the ejidos, incorporated workers and peasants into the state, and consolidated post-revolutionary secular national populism.
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Other compatible profiles
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Cuba's sole party, defined by the Constitution as the leading force of society, it directs the planned state economy, universal health care and education, anti-imperialism and opposition to the embargo, with no party pluralism.
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