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Trump, Bukele and MS-13: uncovering the secrets of a controversial deal
Despite Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s crime fighter reputation, his top aides blocked extraditions of MS-13 leaders to ...
With Trump as ally, El Salvador’s President ramps up crackdown on dissent
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is intensifying his crackdown on dissent, a move observers suggest has been emboldened ...
Will Nayib Bukele sweep his critics into prison along with the gangs?
To fully kneecap those pesky NGOs trying to hold him accountable, Bukele’s supporters in the Salvadoran Legislature passed a ...
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El Salvador President and Trump Ally Bukele Accused of Cutting Deals With MS-13 Gang Members Using U.S. Aid
Nayib Bukele has come to be known as the face fighting against gang violence and justice. However, a new ProPublica ...
What El Salvador’s Bukele, a hero for the American right, isn’t showing the world
El Salvador's Nayib Bukele is a hero of the American right and portrays himself as a hip, innovative disrupter-in-chief ...
When the Trump Tide Turns: Bukele’s Risky Bromance
Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s authoritarian president, brands himself the “world’s coolest dictator.” But he oversees an ...
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‘We are under a dictatorship.’ Six years into his rule, El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele tightens his grip
Nayib Bukele, the self-declared “world’s coolest dictator,” will mark six years as El Salvador’s president on Sunday, a ...
Bukele’s crackdown pushes top Salvadoran journalists to flee
El Salvador’s top independent investigative news outlet moved its headquarters to Costa Rica in 2023. More of its journalists ...
World Politics Review on MSN2d
Bukele’s MS-13 Deals Could Be a Problem for Trump, Too
A new ProPublica investigation amounts to a bombshell both for El Salvador’s domestic politics and for the U.S.-El Salvador ...
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First he busted gangs. Now Nayib Bukele busts critics
They re-elected Mr Bukele in a landslide, with 85% of the vote. They loved him because he made the streets safe. Gangs had terrorised the country for decades. The murder rate in 2015, at 106 per ...
Another Critic of Bukele Is Arrested in Escalating Crackdown on Dissent
El Salvador is escalating its crackdown on critics of President Nayib Bukele. On Saturday, Salvadoran police arrested ...
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Salvadoran President Bukele Mocks Abrego Garcia's Detention As He Returns To The U.S.: 'No More Margaritas Under Custody'
Salvadoran President Bukele Mocks Abrego Garcia's Detention As He Returns To The U.S.: 'No More Margaritas Under Custody' ...