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...
In just over five hours—between 4:34 p.m. and 9:57 p.m. on 31 July—Nuevas Ideas both approved and ratified the constitutional amendment that clears the way for indefinite presidential re-election. “Mr. President, I hold in my hands the Diario Oficial certifications of...
El Salvador’s legislative assembly has voted to remove term limits for the presidency and allow President Nayib Bukele to remain in power indefinitely. The move comes after years during which Bukele has accumulated power in the small Central American state. The...
On Thursday, Juanita Goebertus, director of the Americas Division at Human Rights Watch (HRW), stated that the party of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, Nuevas Ideas (NI), “is treading the same path as Venezuela” by spearheading a lightning-fast...
President Nayib Bukele conferred a decoration upon United States Ambassador William H. Duncan, who is concluding his diplomatic mission in El Salvador, it was announced this Wednesday. At the event, the president credited Duncan with actions that “gradually...
