El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has been sworn in for a second five-year term of office. Bukele took the oath of office in the capital San Salvador on Saturday, with guests such as Spain’s King Felipe VI and Argentinian President Javier Milei in attendance. “We have finally conquered fear and are a truly free country,” […]
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El Salvador’s Bukele starts second term amid economic test
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele is set to be inaugurated for a second term on Saturday, as his sky-high approval rating for a fierce crackdown on crime faces fresh challenges to rejuvenate a stagnant economy and tackle poverty in the Central American country. The 42-year-old former nightclub manager, […]
El Salvador’s Bukele releases father of soccer player from prison after son’s plea on social media
SAN SALVADOR (AP) — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele released the father of a Salvadoran soccer player from prison after the athlete published a plea for his release on social media, authorities confirmed on Wednesday. Marcelo “El Chiky” Díaz, who plays for El Salvador’s national team, on Tuesday published a letter on X, formerly Twitter, […]
El Salvador’s Bukele wins supermajority in Congress after painstaking vote count
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele and his New Ideas party have won the supermajority the leader needs in Congress to govern as he pleases, electoral officials announced Monday. The announcement comes after a painstaking vote counting process, which has raised the hackles of electoral watchdogs and the country’s weak […]
El Salvador’s Bukele heads for re-election but troubled tally delays results
Voters in El Salvador appeared to give Nayib Bukele a second term as president, but a troubled vote tally delayed results in an election that for many hinged on the trade-off of curtailed civil liberties for security in a country once terrorised by gangs. Problems with the vote count stalled the effort late on Sunday […]
El Salvador President Bukele poised for another landslide as voters head to polls
By Nelson Renteria and Diego Oré SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Salvadorans head to polls on Sunday in elections expected to hand President Nayib Bukele another landslide victory, with many happy to overlook the young leader’s authoritarian drift after he crushed gang violence paralyzing life across the country. Wildly popular, Bukele, 42, has campaigned on the […]
El Salvador President Bukele poised for another landslide as voters head to polls
By Nelson Renteria and Diego Oré SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Salvadorans head to polls on Sunday in elections expected to hand President Nayib Bukele another landslide victory, with many happy to overlook the young leader’s authoritarian drift after he crushed gang violence paralyzing life across the country. Wildly popular, Bukele, 42, has campaigned on the […]
El Salvador strongman Bukele eyes re-election – never mind the constitution
El Salvador’s Bukele looks set for landslide election win on gang crackdown
By Sarah Kinosian and Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, who has described himself as the “World’s Coolest Dictator,” has in less than five years transformed El Salvador from a country infamous for its record on murder and gangs to a nation with one of the lowest homicide rates in […]