Don’t expect to see Bukele’s face adorning posts and billboards on Salvadoran streets. Nor banners, speeches, rallies, interviews or televised debates. The absolute silence of the current head of state’s campaign speaks louder than words: Bukele...
El Salvador expects to re-elect President Nayib Bukele this Sunday, who in five years in office has established himself as a communicative and political phenomenon throughout the continent. His popularity among Salvadorans—and the fascination he exerts in another...
The man who has referred to himself as the “world’s coolest dictator” appears to be strolling toward another election victory. President Nayib Bukele, a millennial who sports a trademark backward-facing baseball cap, is the odds-on favorite to win El...
The first headlines from the 2024 election in El Salvador are out: Over 140,000 ballots have been cast to date from the United States in the presidential elections set for Sunday, almost 40 times the diaspora votes registered in 2019. Nayib Bukele presents the figures...
In a context of serious human rights violations and a deep deterioration of the rule of law, on February 4th, 2024, the Salvadoran citizens will elect a president, vice president, and deputies of the Legislative Assembly, stated the Washington Office on Latin American...
Fourteen US congresspeople signed a letter addressed to the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, expressing their concern about the “democratic setbacks” and the “increase in reports of human rights violations in El Salvador”, leading up to...