by slifko.8@osu.edu | Nov 4, 2024 | Ohio State University
In the last two years, El Salvador has witnessed an unprecedented state-led crackdown on gang violence under President Nayib Bukele. The policies, which include mass arrests, curfews, and suspension of fundamental rights under an extended state of emergency, have been...
by minh_khai_spencer@brown.edu | Oct 9, 2024 | Brown University
The self-proclaimed “world’s coolest dictator”, Nayib Bukele, won presidential re-election in El Salvador in February of this year, extending his presidency to another five-year term. His landslide victory with close to 85% of the vote and his party winning over 58...
by Anna Thorner | Jun 25, 2024 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
by Julian Matthew Formadero and Lance Carlo Mendoza In May 2016, with 16 million votes, the Philippines elected Rodrigo Duterte as its 16th president. The foul-mouthed former mayor of Davao, who was a virtual nobody just a year prior, won on a promise of eradicating...
by Sean McGinley | May 8, 2024 | Ursinus College
El Salvador’s status as a democracy is becoming an increasingly debated subject. Still, the nation did produce legitimate democratic results on February 4th 2024, when thousands of citizens reaffirmed their support for President Nayib Bukele, who captured 83% of the...
by Anahi Miranda | Nov 18, 2022 | Boston University
Gang members are secured during a police operation at Izalco jail during a 24-hour lockdown ordered by El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele in Izalco, El Salvador. Photograph released by the El Salvador Presidency on April 25, 2020. Photo by El Salvador...
