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Argentine president from 2003 to 2007, Kirchner led the recovery after the 2001 crisis with center-left Peronism: he renegotiated the debt, broke with the IMF, expanded social spending and reopened dictatorship trials.
Political axes
Néstor Kirchner leans further toward pacifist than 88% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Diplomacy is where Néstor Kirchner stands furthest from the rest.
On Representation, Néstor Kirchner sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
Ideological proximity
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Current that mobilizes the people against economic elites, defending redistribution, public control, national sovereignty, plebiscitary democracy, and broad social policy in popular anti-establishment language.
Model associated with Brazil's Workers' Party governments that seeks growth with social inclusion, combining rising minimum wages, popular credit, cash transfers and public banks without breaking with the market.
System in which collectively or publicly owned enterprises compete in markets, uniting the efficiency of competition with the socialist distribution of profits, without the rigid central planning of state economies.
The most distant ideology
Confederate ConservatismFar-Right35%
A Brazilian statesman, Lula rose from union activism to Brazil's presidency, leading the left with social programs, anti-poverty policies, and a development project with a strong state presence.
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A South American presidential federal republic, Argentina swings between Peronism and liberal reforms, with strong unions, public universities and healthcare, a protectionist tradition, farm exports, advanced civil rights and recurring inflation crises.
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Under Allende's Popular Unity, Chile attempted democratic socialism through copper and bank nationalization, agrarian reform, and economic planning until the 1973 military coup.
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