April 28 – On Sunday, Jose Chilavert will be running in the Paraguayan presidential elections, but his polling numbers in the single digits suggest that his bid will likely flop.
The former goalkeeper is known for his outspoken views and has presented himself as an anti-system candidate who vows to fight corruption and opposes globalism and the LGBT community. However, his extremist ideas have failed to entice the electorate, and polling at just 2%, he will be a fringe candidate in the elections.
In comparison, Paraguayos Cubas, a more extreme candidate, is polling at 10% of the vote.
Moreover, Chilavert’s campaign has been marred in controversy. His own lawyer publicly criticised him in the media for not paying his legal fees and disrespecting his pregnant wife.
Santiago Pena and Pedro Alliana are running as candidates for the incumbent ruling party,Colorado, which has been in power for 75 years. The right-wing party has faced a financial crisis after former President Horacio Cartes, who bankrolls Colorado’s operations, was targeted by US sanctions.
Born on July 27, 1965, in Luque, Paraguay, Chilavert played for several football clubs throughout his career, including Sportivo Luqueño, Guaraní, Vélez Sarsfield, Racing Club de Strasbourg, Peñarol, and Sportivo Luqueño. He was exceptional in goal and also scored an incredible 62 goals during his career.
Chilavert represented Paraguay in World Cup tournaments and played a crucial role in helping his team reach the knockout stages of the 1998 competition, when a golden goal from Laurent Blanc broke South American hearts.
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