President Nayib Bukele stated on Sunday night, June 1, during his speech marking his sixth year in office, that he “doesn’t care if they call him a dictator” and that he prefers that “to seeing Salvadorans killed,” referring to criticisms...
“You know what? I don’t care if they call me a dictator. I’d rather they call me a dictator than watch Salvadorans be killed in the streets.” This was one of the statements Nayib Bukele made Sunday night at the National Theater to defend his...
The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, stated on Sunday that he does not care about being called a “dictator” despite criticism over the detention of activists and repression against human rights organizations. Bukele defended his hard-line approach...
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said Sunday night (June 1, 2025) that he doesn’t care if they call him a “dictator” and that democracy, transparency, human rights, and the rule of law “are terms” that in reality are used to...
This Sunday, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele will mark six years in power, the last of which has been in defiance of the Constitution. He will do so at the peak of his recent authoritarian escalation, after imprisoning at least 15 government critics in May and...
The democratic and rule of law regression in El Salvador has recently reached levels of four decades ago. “In the early 21st century, there was a notable decrease in the concentration of power, a trend that was markedly reversed starting in 2019, reaching levels...
