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 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 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...
by Samy Castaneda | Dec 8, 2020 | Williams College
The scene in El Salvador’s legislature in February 2020 appeared to come straight out of a dictatorship: Armed Forces and National Civil Police troops armed with rifles and gear were ordered to stand and intimidate legislators in order to support President Nayib...
