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The father of Tanzania's independence, Nyerere created Ujamaa, an African socialism based on communal villages, self-reliance, and national unity above ethnicity.
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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.
Current that unites a socialist economy with traditional values, defending social protection and a strong state role alongside family, order, and customs, far from the cultural progressivism of liberal lefts.
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A Venezuelan statesman, Chávez led 21st-century socialism, nationalizing sectors, funding social programs with oil, and concentrating power in a Bolivarian project of strong popular and nationalist appeal.
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A Sufi Muslim-majority West African republic, Senegal is a stable secular democracy that since 2024, under Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Ousmane Sonko, has pursued left-wing sovereigntism: it removed French troops and criticizes the CFA franc.
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Under Perón, Argentina experienced a populist, nationalist regime that united strong working-class support, corporatism, industrialization, and the expansion of social rights, leaving a lasting mark on the country's politics.
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