Nayib Bukele, the self-declared “world’s coolest dictator,” will mark six years as El Salvador’s president on Sunday, a period defined by contentious reforms, which critics say have brought peace to the streets at an incredibly high price. His iron-fisted crackdown on...
El Salvador is facing a new level of repression as President Nayib Bukele moves to crack down on foreign non-profit funding after the arrest of a high-profile activist, according to one of the few significant government critics left in the country. “Nobody is safe,”...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged El Salvador on Friday to repeal its newly enacted “foreign agents” law, calling it a direct threat to press freedom and civil society. The law, approved on May 20 by the Legislative Assembly dominated by President Nayib...
In this interview, Jesuit priest Rodolfo Cardenal, director of the Monseñor Romero Center at UCA (Universidad Centroamericana “José Simeón Cañas”), explains the profound deterioration of El Salvador’s international image under the Nayib Bukele...
From ‘cool’ president to questioned leader. This is how Nayib Bukele’s transformation could be described over his six years as president of El Salvador. The young politician who in 2019 promised to break with the corrupt past and presented himself as...
Canadian citizens of Salvadoran origin and other nationalities in solidarity with El Salvador expressed their total disapproval of Nayib Bukele’s six years of government and his loyal group of officials. They noted that Bukele’s government has been marked...
