by Tobias Choyt | Aug 31, 2022 | Dartmouth College
Presidential election results in El Salvador, the tiny, Latin American nation may seem to be trivial to most Americans. This outlook, however, is far from the truth. In 2019, El Salvador elected a 37 year old populist, iconoclast and political outsider in Nayib...
by Diego Maldonado | Dec 2, 2021 | Salem State University
Two years have passed since Nayib Bukele was elected El Salvador’s 43rd president. He has since made quite an impact on his country. He has drastically changed the way the rest of the world sees El Salvador–from a country unable to get itself back up from a...
by Nicole Goshorn | Nov 30, 2021 | University of Georgia
Through the recent capture of an absolute legislative majority, the party of El Salvador’s charismatic President has set in motion a power grab to dismantle the democratic institution. In recent months, El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly has taken action that is...
by Kaylee Faulkner | Nov 29, 2021 | Georgia State University
How has Salvadoran democracy shifted since the 2019 presidential election of Nayib Bukele, and what has been the role of polarization within this process? Bukele’s presidency has certainly had important implications for the quality of Salvadoran democracy,...
by Angelo Balito | Jun 29, 2021 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Two years after winning the presidential election, Nayib Bukele, the current President of El Salvador became popular in Latin America for being the “Social Media President”. As a typical Millennial he made things official for his presidential candidacy through...
