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Rosario Murillo

Co-president of Nicaragua, 2025 to present

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A poet and long-time government spokesperson who became vice president in 2017 and co-president in 2025, sharing power with her husband Daniel Ortega.

Rosario Murillo sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority, strongly nationalist on nation and strongly religious on religion. The profile is close to the middle on technology and interventionism.

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Where Rosario Murillo 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 authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Rosario Murillo

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19404%Murray Bookchin American social theorist, 1921 to 20066%John Lennon British musician and peace activist, 1940 to 19807%Peter Kropotkin Russian anarchist and naturalist, 1842 to 19217%

Political views closest to Rosario Murillo

National conservatismPrioritizes national sovereignty, cultural identity, tradition and firm borders.97%IslamismA broad family of movements that seek to organize politics and law around Islam, from…96%PeronismAn Argentine movement blending labor rights, welfare and economic nationalism around a…95%Social conservatismDefends the traditional family, religion and moral norms in law and society.94%

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