The countries that had rather loose allegiance to gold standard principles should be no surprise: Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Italy, Chile, and Greece, among others.
Commentators have marveled at his mischaracterization of the gold standard and his defensiveness at the suggestion that loose Fed monetary policy of the early and mid-2000s played a role in causing the housing bubble and thus the Great Recession.
Then, while continuing to support Megawati's presidential bid, he became the standard-bearer for what was dubbed the Center Axis, a loose alliance of Muslim parties.