El Salvador has entered the roster of authoritarian regimes after reforming its Constitution to permit indefinite reelection, extend the presidential term to six years—from the previous five—and abolish runoff elections, according to Noah Bullock, director of the...
The Argentine political scientist and lawyer Daniel Zovatto foresees a profoundly dark era for El Salvador, following the recent approval of indefinite presidential reelection. Nuevas Ideas and its spokespeople have defended the recent constitutional reforms with...
Nayib Bukele, amid his authoritarian slide, dealt the final blow to El Salvador’s battered democracy last Thursday when the Legislative Assembly (AL)—which he controls at will—approved a constitutional reform enabling his indefinite reelection. In doing so, he...
Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Ana Miranda Paz, a prominent figure in the European Parliament and current vice president of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat), issued a forceful call on Friday for the European Union to impose sanctions...
It caught no one off guard. El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, has now been cleared for indefinite reelection. The Legislative Assembly, firmly in his pocket, smoothed the way with a constitutional overhaul that secures his absolute grip on power. His...
Shortly after six o’clock in the evening on Thursday, August 31, ruling party lawmaker Ana Figueroa introduced a bill before the full Salvadoran Congress to amend five constitutional articles that regulate presidential terms and prohibit reelection. Hours later, 57 of...
