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Bukele, emboldened by Trump, is arresting prominent critics
While the Trump administration deepens ties with El Salvador, its millennial president is cracking down on dissenting lawyers, activists and journalists.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Dem senators propose bill to punish El Salvador for ‘collusion’ with Trump
Senate Democrats introduced legislation Thursday to hold the Salvadoran government “accountable" for its alleged “collusion ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
With Trump as ally, El Salvador’s President ramps up crackdown on dissent
Days before his arrest outside his daughter’s house in the outskirts of San Salvador, constitutional lawyer Enrique Anaya ...
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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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 ...