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Government Pushes Shakira Concerts as Tourism Gambit, Sparking Scrutiny Over Public Resources — Gobierno impulsa conciertos de Shakira como apuesta turística y desata cuestionamientos por uso de recursos públicos

Government Pushes Shakira Concerts as Tourism Gambit, Sparking Scrutiny Over Public Resources — Gobierno impulsa conciertos de Shakira como apuesta turística y desata cuestionamientos por uso de recursos públicos

Colombian singer Shakira will stage a series of concerts at the Jorge “El Mágico” González Stadium in El Salvador—events the Government has heavily promoted as part of its strategy to boost tourism. Videos circulating on social media have revealed the construction of...
Bukele’s Narratives — Los relatos de Bukele

Bukele’s Narratives — Los relatos de Bukele

In the small Central American nation of El Salvador, recent years have witnessed the rise of a new model of autocrat who embodies the worst tendencies of this first quarter of the twenty-first century. His name is Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez. The world now knows him,...
The Bukelization of Costa Rica — La bukelización de Costa Rica

The Bukelization of Costa Rica — La bukelización de Costa Rica

Costa Rica heads to the polls this Sunday, February 1, to elect a new president and a new Legislative Assembly. Laura Fernández, candidate of President Rodrigo Chaves’s Pueblo Soberano party, leads the polls by a wide margin over a decimated opposition; and even...