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Soledad Núñez
María Soledad Núñez Méndez (born 9 April 1983) is a Paraguayan civil engineer and politician. She was the candidate for Vice President of Paraguay, vice president of Paraguay for the Concertación (Paraguay), Concertación political alliance in the 2023 Paraguayan general election, 2023 general elections as the running mate of Efraín Alegre, losing to both Santiago Peña and Pedro Alliana of the Colorado Party (Paraguay), Colorado Party in an Landslide victory, electoral landslide. She previously served as executive secretary of the National Secretariat of Housing and Habitat of Paraguay from 2014 to 2018. Biography Núñez was born in Asunción, Paraguay, on 9 April 1983. She was raised in the General Díaz neighborhood of the city and spent a large part of her childhood in the Chaco (Paraguay), Chaco region along with her grandfather, a veteran of the Chaco War. She studied civil engineering at the Universidad Nacional de Asunción, National University of Asunción (UNA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horacio Cartes
Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara (; born 5 July 1956) is a Paraguayan politician and businessman who is serving as president of the Colorado Party (Paraguay), Colorado Party since 2023, having previously served as president of Paraguay from 2013 to 2018. Cartes owned about two dozen businesses in his Grupo Cartes conglomerate until he left the conglomerate in 2023, including tobacco, soft drinks, meat production, and banking. He was president of Club Libertad football club from 2001 until 2012, and president of the national team inside the Paraguayan Football Association during the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. A 2021 affidavit made by Cartes showed that his net worth was United States dollar, $490 million (or Paraguayan guaraní, ₲3.6 trillion), making him one of Paraguay's most wealthiest people. Cartes's politics and influence led to the creation of a political movement known as ''Cartismo (Paraguay), Cartismo'', of which he is the central figure, which has influenced the di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |