El Salvador’s millennial president is a man with one vision: Power
3 years, 7 months ago

El Salvador’s millennial president is a man with one vision: Power

LA Times  

A few days after he led a coup, the president of El Salvador uploaded a video onto TikTok of him gliding in a military vehicle while hundreds of soldiers salute. “Today we breathe different air.” President Nayib Bukele has called himself “an instrument of God.” But what Bukele’s “new history” will bring is uncertain, and to some, unnerving. “He’s an enigma,” said Fabio Castillo, a longtime supporter of Bukele who publicly broke with the government after the recent power grab, resigning from an advisory board tasked with weighing changes to the constitution. “He’s the best president we’ve had in my lifetime.” Supporters of Bukele say he has delivered on another key promise: He has made people feel safer. Ulloa said he didn’t necessarily agree with Bukele’s tactics, which he called “shocking,” but said that taking control of the courts had been necessary to avoid obstacles to the president’s agenda.

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Costa Rica bestows highest diplomatic honor on El Salvador President Bukele for security gains
1 month, 1 week ago

Costa Rica bestows highest diplomatic honor on El Salvador President Bukele for security gains

Associated Press  

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rica on Monday bestowed its highest diplomatic honor on El Salvador President Nayib Bukele for his success in lowering levels of violence during a more than two-year campaign against powerful street gangs. Yet Bukele’s recognition brought controversy in Costa Rica, long known as Central America’s most stable democracy. “El Salvador’s rescue from those nefarious …

Exclusive: Locking eyes with mass murderers in El Salvador’s Cecot prison
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Exclusive: Locking eyes with mass murderers in El Salvador’s Cecot prison

CNN  

Tecoluca, El Salvador CNN — Sunlight pours into the cavernous building. This is Cecot — El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center — and the men are known as the “worst of the worst.” Mass murderers, drug dealers and gangsters, they are accused of once holding El Salvador hostage, gripping the nation with fear as they ruled cities and streets. We don’t …

Bukele claims he cleaned up El Salvador. But at what cost?
3 months ago

Bukele claims he cleaned up El Salvador. But at what cost?

LA Times  

The last time I was in El Salvador, nearly a decade ago, the capital was gripped by the violence of gangs who terrified people — dictating where they could shop, work, go to school or even cross a street. El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele gives a speech during the inauguration of an industrial data center in Ciudad Arce, El Salvador. …

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele says security sustainable without a state of emergency
3 months, 3 weeks ago

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele says security sustainable without a state of emergency

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Nearly 2½ years into a state of emergency that has suspended key civil liberties in El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele says the security advances achieved are sustainable without what was supposed to be a temporary measure. Each month, El Salvador’s congress, which is comfortably controlled by Bukele’s New Ideas party and its allies, approves another …

At least 261 people have died in El Salvador's prisons under anti-gang crackdown, rights group says
5 months, 2 weeks ago

At least 261 people have died in El Salvador's prisons under anti-gang crackdown, rights group says

Hindustan Times  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The human rights organization Cristosal said Wednesday that at least 261 people have died in prisons in El Salvador during President Nayib Bukele's 2 1/2-year-old crackdown on street gangs. At least 261 people have died in El Salvador's prisons under anti-gang crackdown, rights group says Under a state of emergency originally declared in 2022 and …

At least 261 people have died in El Salvador’s prisons under anti-gang crackdown, rights group says
5 months, 2 weeks ago

At least 261 people have died in El Salvador’s prisons under anti-gang crackdown, rights group says

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The human rights organization Cristosal said Wednesday that at least 261 people have died in prisons in El Salvador during President Nayib Bukele’s 2 1/2-year-old crackdown on street gangs. “People have died in El Salvador’s prisons and jails because of torture, a lack of food, unhealthy conditions, an inhuman lack of attention and cruel, inhuman …

El Salvador’s president threatens to use gang-crackdown style tactics against price gougers
5 months, 2 weeks ago

El Salvador’s president threatens to use gang-crackdown style tactics against price gougers

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, famous for his heavy-handed crackdown on street gangs, threatened to use similar tactics against price gougers. “We told them either stop killing people, or don’t complain about what happens afterward.” “Well, I’m going to issue a message to the importers, distributors and food wholesalers: stop abusing the people of El Salvador, …

US dampens criticism of El Salvador’s president as migration overtakes democracy concerns
6 months, 3 weeks ago

US dampens criticism of El Salvador’s president as migration overtakes democracy concerns

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — In 2021, the Biden administration turned down a meeting request with El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, on a trip to Washington, snubbing the self-proclaimed “world’s coolest dictator” for fear a photo op would embolden his attempts to expand his power base. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and senior White House and State Department officials, attended …

At least 241 people have died in El Salvador’s prisons during the ‘war on gangs,’ rights group says
8 months, 3 weeks ago

At least 241 people have died in El Salvador’s prisons during the ‘war on gangs,’ rights group says

New Indian Express  

SAN SALVADOR: At least 241 people have died in El Salvador prisons since the start of President Nayib Bukele’s “war on gangs” two years ago, according to the organization Humanitarian Legal Relief. In March 2022, Bukele announced a “state of exception,” waiving many constitutional rights to combat the gangs that have terrorized the Central American nation. Since then, El Salvador …

At least 241 people have died in El Salvador’s prisons during the ‘war on gangs,’ rights group says
8 months, 3 weeks ago

At least 241 people have died in El Salvador’s prisons during the ‘war on gangs,’ rights group says

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR — At least 241 people have died in El Salvador prisons since the start of President Nayib Bukele’s “war on gangs” two years ago, according to the organization Humanitarian Legal Relief. According to the NGO report, “of these deaths, 44% died of violent death, serious torture, 29% due to lack of medical attention.” While the government is accused …

El Salvador extends anti-gang emergency decree for 24th time. It’s now been in effect for two years
9 months, 2 weeks ago

El Salvador extends anti-gang emergency decree for 24th time. It’s now been in effect for two years

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador’s lawmakers have granted a request by President Nayib Bukele for the 24th consecutive one-month extension of an anti-gang emergency decree. Bukele has used emergency powers to round up 78,175 suspected gang members in sweeps that rights groups say are often arbitrary, based on a person’s appearance or where they live. El Salvador’s homicide …

El Salvador’s president gets rock-star welcome at conservative gathering outside Washington
10 months ago

El Salvador’s president gets rock-star welcome at conservative gathering outside Washington

Associated Press  

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele received a rock-star welcome Thursday at a conservative gathering outside Washington as he urged people to “unapologetically fight” against what he called “dark forces.” At the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, Bukele told people to use El Salvador as a warning. “The next president of the United States must not only …

El Salvador’s autocratic president gets rock-star welcome at pro-Trump CPAC event
10 months ago

El Salvador’s autocratic president gets rock-star welcome at pro-Trump CPAC event

LA Times  

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., on Thursday. El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele received a rock-star welcome at a conservative gathering outside Washington as he urged attendees to “unapologetically fight” against what he called “dark forces.” At Thursday’s annual Conservative Political Action Conference, Bukele — whose policies …

El Salvador's 'coolest dictator' Bukele wins supermajority in Congress after tense vote counting
10 months ago

El Salvador's 'coolest dictator' Bukele wins supermajority in Congress after tense vote counting

India TV News  

San Salvador: El Salvador's self-proclaimed 'coolest dictator', President Nayib Bukele, and his New Ideas party won the supermajority in Congress that allows the leader free reign in governance, electoral officials announced on Monday. Bukele and El Salvador's Congress El Salvador's Congress in 2023 passed electoral reforms that reduced the number of seats in the unicameral chamber to 60 from 84, …

The president seized 1% of El Salvador's population. Their children pay the consequences
10 months, 2 weeks ago

The president seized 1% of El Salvador's population. Their children pay the consequences

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I’m scared, feeling like they …

‘Coolest dictator’ to ‘philosopher king,’ Nayib Bukele’s path to reelection in El Salvador
10 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Coolest dictator’ to ‘philosopher king,’ Nayib Bukele’s path to reelection in El Salvador

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele has called himself the “world’s coolest dictator” or as his X profile read on election day, the “Philosopher King.” Now he’ll likely have five more years to provoke, surprise and raise concerns, after appearing to win a landslide reelection as the Central American country’s president. Bukele vowed to ignore the ruling and tweeted: …

Who is Nayib Bukele, the world's 'coolest dictator', who has claimed a win in El Salvador's presidential polls?
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Who is Nayib Bukele, the world's 'coolest dictator', who has claimed a win in El Salvador's presidential polls?

Firstpost  

Salvadorans are celebrating President Nayib Bukele’s victory in the elections that ended on Sunday, even before the results are announced. Unapologetic “dictator” El Salvador’s gang-busting President Nayib Bukele, who claimed re-election with an overwhelming majority Sunday, has sarcastically embraced the moniker of “dictator” and breezily shrugs off criticism of human rights transgressions. El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele greets supporters from …

El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele takes aim at critics in looking ahead to 2nd presidential term
10 months, 2 weeks ago

El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele takes aim at critics in looking ahead to 2nd presidential term

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele is savoring what appears to be a landslide reelection victory, and is railing against his international critics and the press. “It will be the first time in a country that just one party exists in a completely democratic system,” Bukele said, adding that “the entire opposition together was pulverized.” Bukele …

Self-described ‘world’s coolest dictator’ on track to win El Salvador election
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Self-described ‘world’s coolest dictator’ on track to win El Salvador election

LA Times  

President Nayib Bukele waves to supporters after voting Sunday in San Salvador. Asked about concerns that Bukele was seeking reelection despite the constitutional ban, he brushed it aside, saying, “What the people want is something else.” El Salvador’s traditional parties from the left and right that created the vacuum Bukele first filled in 2019 remain in shambles. Duarte said the …

The Take: ‘World’s coolest dictator’ set for re-election in El Salvador
10 months, 3 weeks ago

The Take: ‘World’s coolest dictator’ set for re-election in El Salvador

Al Jazeera  

President Nayib Bukele governs with an ‘iron fist’, but he’s popular and poised to win a second term in Sunday’s polls. Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s millennial president, governs with an “iron fist”. But polls show voters approve, putting Bukele on track for a landslide re-election victory. In this episode: Manuel Rapalo, Al Jazeera correspondent Episode credits: This episode was produced …

Why the 'world's coolest dictator' is on course for a landslide win in El Salvador
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Why the 'world's coolest dictator' is on course for a landslide win in El Salvador

NPR  

Why the 'world's coolest dictator' is on course for a landslide win in El Salvador Enlarge this image toggle caption Fred Ramos for NPR Fred Ramos for NPR MEXICO CITY — El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, the self-proclaimed "world's coolest dictator," is on course to win reelection by a landslide on Sunday, in a show of approval for his draconian …

El Salvador goes to polls with gang-busting Bukele miles ahead
10 months, 3 weeks ago

El Salvador goes to polls with gang-busting Bukele miles ahead

New Indian Express  

SAN SALVADOR: El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is all but guaranteed a resounding victory in elections on Sunday, with his no-holds-barred war on gangs having earned him approval ratings hovering around 90 percent. Despite concerns about rights violations, authoritarianism and the economy, 42-year-old Bukele enjoys widespread support for slashing the country's homicide rate and restoring a semblance of normalcy to …

Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's unapologetic 'dictator'
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's unapologetic 'dictator'

New Indian Express  

SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR: El Salvador's gang-busting President Nayib Bukele has proudly embraced the monicker of "dictator" and breezily shrugs off criticism of human rights transgressions. Bukele has denounced rare protesters for "vandalism," and called independent media and critics liars and defenders of criminality. "He fosters a cult of personality; there's devotion to him," analyst Michael Shifter of the Inter-American …

El Salvador’s Bukele has everyone’s attention as he seeks reelection in spite of the constitution
10 months, 3 weeks ago

El Salvador’s Bukele has everyone’s attention as he seeks reelection in spite of the constitution

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR — Love him or hate him, all eyes are on Nayib Bukele. Patrons sit at a food store decorated with a mural of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, who is running for re-election, in downtown San Salvador, El Salvador, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. To some, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele is a national hero who beat back the …

‘Unwaveringly loyal’: Why El Salvador’s Bukele is poised for re-election
10 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Unwaveringly loyal’: Why El Salvador’s Bukele is poised for re-election

Al Jazeera  

President Nayib Bukele seeks to consolidate his power in Sunday’s vote, despite an outcry over human rights violations. “It doesn’t matter if they want to write negative things about the president,” he said of Bukele’s critics, among them non-governmental organisations. “I’ve walked through the dangerous communities, and until those NGOs walk through those streets, they won’t understand that this isn’t …

El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele takes his presidential reelection campaign beyond the country’s borders
11 months, 3 weeks ago

El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele takes his presidential reelection campaign beyond the country’s borders

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele took his presidential reelection campaign beyond his tiny country’s borders this week to capitalize on his rising profile across Latin America, and he affirmed that he doesn’t aspire to indefinite reelection. In April 2023, the commission called on El Salvador to lift the state of emergency instituted in March 2022 that …

Fears of violence, memories of civil war haunt L.A. Salvadorans over Bukele reelection bid
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Fears of violence, memories of civil war haunt L.A. Salvadorans over Bukele reelection bid

LA Times  

Henry Prudencio, right, Balmore Membreno and Karla Cativo host the “Resistencia Comunitaria” radio program in a studio at the Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory last month. As the hour-long radio program unfolded one recent evening, its hosts mixed protest anthems like “Si me matan,” Silvana Estrada’s homage to Mexico’s femicide victims, and Los de Abajo’s “Resistencia” with pointed commentary about Bukele’s …

El Salvador is seeing worst rights abuses since 1980-1992 civil war, Amnesty reports
1 year ago

El Salvador is seeing worst rights abuses since 1980-1992 civil war, Amnesty reports

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador is experiencing one of the worst human rights crises since the country’s 1980-1992 civil war, because of President Nayib Bukele ’s harsh anti-gang crackdown, Amnesty International said in a report released Tuesday. The rights group claimed that the almost 74,000 people jailed in the crackdown were subjected to “systematic use of torture and …

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele granted leave to campaign for reelection
1 year ago

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele granted leave to campaign for reelection

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador’s Congress granted President Nayib Bukele leave for six months Thursday to allow him to campaign for reelection despite a constitutional prohibition and approved the president’s selection of his private secretary to be the country’s interim leader. Vice President Félix Ulloa was also granted leave to campaign again as Bukele’s running mate. Congress then …

El Salvador leader touts hosting Miss Universe pageant. Critics say he’s distracting from abuses of power
1 year, 1 month ago

El Salvador leader touts hosting Miss Universe pageant. Critics say he’s distracting from abuses of power

LA Times  

Video montages of pageant contestants in sashes enjoying El Salvador’s beaches, snapping selfies in front of fireworks and strolling through downtown San Salvador speckled social media last week as celebrations for the Miss Universe 2023 pageant kicked off in the Central American country. “As President Bukele said, El Salvador is changing,” R’Bonney Gabriel, Miss Universe 2022, said in a speech …

El Salvador’s President Bukele registers for 2024 reelection — which the constitution does not allow
1 year, 1 month ago

El Salvador’s President Bukele registers for 2024 reelection — which the constitution does not allow

LA Times  

Members of the presidential security command surround El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, center right, as he addresses supporters in San Salvador on Friday. El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele registered as his party’s candidate to seek reelection in the country’s presidential vote next year, a decision raising concern Friday because the constitution prohibits it. Thousands of Bukele’s supporters had gathered early …

Opinión: Presidente Nayib Bukele de El Salvador es el Simón Bolívar de Centroamérica, y su salvador
1 year, 4 months ago

Opinión: Presidente Nayib Bukele de El Salvador es el Simón Bolívar de Centroamérica, y su salvador

LA Times  

No es ningún secreto que apoyo a Nayib Bukele, el presidente de El Salvador. Internacional Oppenheimer español: Nayib Bukele, el presidente más popular de América Latina Una nueva encuesta según la cual el presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, es el mandatario más popular de América Latina, confirma lo que muchos de nosotros sospechábamos: en muchos países hay tal hartazgo …

Commentary: Why I support Salvadoran President Bukele, the scourge of gangs and corrupt politicians
1 year, 4 months ago

Commentary: Why I support Salvadoran President Bukele, the scourge of gangs and corrupt politicians

LA Times  

It’s no secret that I support Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador. At first I was skeptical and even wrote a column titled “Is Nayib Bukele the real deal or just another pajero?” I assumed that he may have been just another corrupt politician similar to the likes of Alfredo Cristiani, Armando Calderon Sol, Francisco Flores, Tony Saca, Mauricio …

Inside the growing cult of El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele, Latin America’s political star
1 year, 5 months ago

Inside the growing cult of El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele, Latin America’s political star

LA Times  

A woman walks past a billboard in Buenos Aires promoting Argentinian presidential candidate Santiago Cuneo alongside an image of El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele. “If Bukele was able to subdue crime in El Salvador, why are security policies less effective in other countries?” asked the Colombian magazine Semana, which recently devoted its cover to the Salvadoran leader with the headline: …

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele nominated for reelection despite constitutional questions
1 year, 5 months ago

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele nominated for reelection despite constitutional questions

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — President Nayib Bukele was officially nominated by his New Ideas party Sunday to run for reelection next year, brushing aside objections from legal experts and opposition figures who say El Salvador’s constitution prohibits his candidacy. New Ideas also announced that current Vice President Felix Ulloa would run for reelection in the ballot scheduled for Feb. …

El Salvador extends special powers in fight against gangs
1 year, 10 months ago

El Salvador extends special powers in fight against gangs

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador’s congress has approved President Nayib Bukele’s request to extend the period of special powers for another month, meaning the country will go at least a full year with some fundamental rights suspended in fight against gangs. After a surge in gang violence in March 2022, in which 62 people were killed in a …

El Salvador bets safety on incarceration; unveils new prison
1 year, 10 months ago

El Salvador bets safety on incarceration; unveils new prison

Associated Press  

TECOLUCA, El Salvador — When El Salvador began making mass arrests of people with suspected gang affiliations last year, President Nayib Bukele ordered the construction of what would be the largest prison in Latin America. Bukele put it in simple terms in a tweet Thursday: “El Salvador has managed to go from being the world’s most dangerous country, to the …

El Salvador congress extends gang crackdown yet again
2 years ago

El Salvador congress extends gang crackdown yet again

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The congress of El Salvador has voted to extend President Nayib Bukele’s emergency powers to crack down on gangs for yet another month. Activists say it has led to human rights abuses, and Salvadoran officials said they will review prison conditions with human rights groups starting in January. The country’s human rights official, Raquel Caballero, …

El Salvador President Bukele’s reelection bid stokes L.A. immigrants’ fears of new civil war
2 years, 2 months ago

El Salvador President Bukele’s reelection bid stokes L.A. immigrants’ fears of new civil war

LA Times  

Digging into a bowl of chips and salsa at a Salvadoran restaurant on Vermont Avenue, Kevin Rivas shared his memories of the prison where he became intimately acquainted with pain, humiliation and impotent fury. “These photos are taken of us to make us look bad,” said Rivas, 26, as his father shared a harrowing police photo of his bald-headed son, …

El Salvador president re-election bid draws strong reaction
2 years, 3 months ago

El Salvador president re-election bid draws strong reaction

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — In the hours since El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced he would seek re-election despite a constitutional ban, opinion quickly divided. Bukele announced he would seek re-election in a televised speech Thursday night, El Salvador’s Independence Day, riding a wave of popularity from his crackdown on gangs. Bukele’s current five-year term ends in 2024, but …

El Salvador’s Bukele says he will seek re-election despite ban
2 years, 3 months ago

El Salvador’s Bukele says he will seek re-election despite ban

Al Jazeera  

Experts say President Nayib Bukele’s move would violate at least four articles of El Salvador’s constitution. El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has said he plans to seek a second five-year term in office, despite the country’s constitution prohibiting presidents from having consecutive terms. “And thanks to the new configuration of the democratic institution of our country, now El Salvador will …

As El Salvador’s president tries to silence free press, journalist brothers expose his ties to street gangs
2 years, 6 months ago

As El Salvador’s president tries to silence free press, journalist brothers expose his ties to street gangs

LA Times  

Carlos Martínez peered over his brother Óscar’s shoulder as they proofread the investigation they were about to publish, a story they feared could change their lives forever — or perhaps even worse, change nothing at all. The brothers, two of El Salvador’s most celebrated journalists, had produced a damning report exposing President Nayib Bukele’s ties to the street gangs that …

El Salvador’s Bukele warns gangs lead to ‘prison or death’
2 years, 8 months ago

El Salvador’s Bukele warns gangs lead to ‘prison or death’

Al Jazeera  

President’s comments come as country cracks down on gang membership after wave of murders last weekend. President Nayib Bukele has warned parents in El Salvador to keep their children away from gangs to avoid “prison or death”, as the country cracks down on gang membership after dozens of people were killed last weekend in a surge in violence. It is …

El Salvador declares state of emergency amid killings
2 years, 8 months ago

El Salvador declares state of emergency amid killings

The Hindu  

El Salvador's congress granted President Nayib Bukele request to declare a state of emergency early Sunday amid a wave of gang-related killings over the weekend. Mr. Bukele announced the request in his social media accounts, and taunted those who opposed the measure, saying: “Is the opposition coming out to defend the gang members?” While Mr. Bukele has tried to project …

In Latin America’s new Cold War, will China lift up autocrats?
2 years, 10 months ago

In Latin America’s new Cold War, will China lift up autocrats?

LA Times  

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele waves during his annual address to the nation before Congress on Sept. 4, 2021. As they smiled for photos, Ambassador Ou Jianhong expressed her “greatest respect” for President Nayib Bukele, a polarizing leader who has assailed El Salvador’s democratic institutions and clashed repeatedly with U.S. officials. The U.S. has condemned those actions, comparing Bukele to …

El Salvador frees three women convicted of abortions
2 years, 11 months ago

El Salvador frees three women convicted of abortions

Associated Press  

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — President Nayib Bukele’s government has freed three Salvadoran women who were sentenced to 30 years in prison under the nation’s strict anti-abortion laws after suffering obstetric emergencies, according to abortion rights groups. The three are among at least 17 Salvadoran women activists consider unjustly convicted and imprisoned following obstetric emergencies and who have been at …

El Salvador’s Bukele must change course before it’s too late
3 years ago

El Salvador’s Bukele must change course before it’s too late

Al Jazeera  

December 1 marks the end of the first half of Nayib Bukele’s five-year term as president of El Salvador. When the young leader took office on June 1, 2019, the nation’s homicide rate was among the highest in Latin America, women’s rights were severely under threat due to some of the toughest anti-abortion laws in the world, and victims of …

Thousands protest in El Salvador against Bukele government
3 years, 2 months ago

Thousands protest in El Salvador against Bukele government

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of protesters have marched in El Salvador’s capital San Salvador against the actions of President Nayib Bukele’s government, including the move to make Bitcoin legal tender in the country. “People are starting to get tired of this authoritarian government, anti-democratic,” Ricardo Navarro, the head of the environmentalist NGO Salvadoran Center for Appropriate Technology, told the AFP news agency. “He …

El Salvador president Nayib Bukele changes Twitter profile description to 'dictator'
3 years, 3 months ago

El Salvador president Nayib Bukele changes Twitter profile description to 'dictator'

Firstpost  

A member of the civic group Citizen’s Action has called it an attempt to ridicule the feelings of the public, who marched against Bukele last week San Salvador, El Salvador: El Salvador’s bitcoin-pushing president apparently changed his Twitter profile description to “dictator” Monday, in what might be an ironic comment on last week’s protests against him. “Changing his Twitter profile …

Is El Salvador’s democracy under threat?
3 years, 3 months ago

Is El Salvador’s democracy under threat?

Al Jazeera  

On Tuesday, September 14 at 19:30 GMT: El Salvador this month became the first country to declare Bitcoin legal tender, just weeks after President Nayib Bukele and his Nuevas Ideas party passed a law officially adopting the cryptocurrency alongside the US dollar. But while Bukele says Bitcoin and the state-run Chivo digital wallet app will economically liberate millions of Salvadorans …

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