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Bernardo Arévalo

President of Guatemala, 2024 to present

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A sociologist and former diplomat elected on an anti-corruption platform, who took office in 2024 after prosecutors and courts tried to block his inauguration.

Bernardo Arévalo sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and slightly libertarian. The clearest positions are leaning nature-first on environment and leaning state-led on economy. The profile is close to the middle on nation and interventionism.

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Where Bernardo Arévalo sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationCentered on nation
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Bernardo Arévalo

LabourismDraws on trade unions and working-class communities to win better wages, rights and…99%CooperativismPrefers businesses owned and run by workers, consumers or local communities.98%GeorgismTaxes land and natural resources instead of labor, arguing that the value of land…98%Modern monetary theoryArgues that governments issuing their own currency can spend to reach full employment,…97%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Gobierno de Guatemala, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.