by Anna Thorner | Jun 25, 2024 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
by Julian Matthew Formadero and Lance Carlo Mendoza In May 2016, with 16 million votes, the Philippines elected Rodrigo Duterte as its 16th president. The foul-mouthed former mayor of Davao, who was a virtual nobody just a year prior, won on a promise of eradicating...
by Sean McGinley | May 8, 2024 | Ursinus College
El Salvador’s status as a democracy is becoming an increasingly debated subject. Still, the nation did produce legitimate democratic results on February 4th 2024, when thousands of citizens reaffirmed their support for President Nayib Bukele, who captured 83% of the...
by Anahi Miranda | Nov 18, 2022 | Boston University
Gang members are secured during a police operation at Izalco jail during a 24-hour lockdown ordered by El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele in Izalco, El Salvador. Photograph released by the El Salvador Presidency on April 25, 2020. Photo by El Salvador...
by Natalie Asitimbay | Oct 16, 2022 | Boston University
Salvadorean presidential candidate Nayib Bukele, of the Great National Alliance (GANA), speaks during the closing rally of his campaign in San Salvador, on January 26, 2019 ahead of the first round of the national election on February 3. (Photo by Oscar Rivera / AFP)...
by Brandon Young | Oct 14, 2022 | Ohio State University
El Salvador is a country that many Americans have heard of but very few know a lot about. The nation has experienced a long history of turmoil with several military dictatorships and a civil war that claimed the lives of more than 75,000 people. Against this backdrop,...
