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His hardline approach has drawn criticism abroad and from El Salvador’s journalists — but voters have no such qualms
Other policies of the millennial president, such as mass incarceration, are less easy to copy
Bitcoin-backing strongman expected to be re-elected for controversial second term despite constitutional ban
Millennial incumbent president is polling at 82 per cent amid crackdown on alleged gangsters
Analysts fear self-styled ‘CEO of El Salvador’ could make central American nation a one-party state
The appeal of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador is a threat to the region’s democratic success
President Nayib Bukele remains popular despite arbitrary arrests and controversial legal reforms to allow potential second term
FT analysis finds 40,000 detainees would have just 0.6 sq metres of cell space each in ‘city of crime’
President Nayib Bukele’s crackdown is popular in nation tired of years of bloodletting
El Salvador’s president is frittering more of his country’s money away
Alleged deal between government and gangsters to quell violence appears to have collapsed in dramatic fashion
President Nayib Bukele is relying on crypto fans to boost finances amid growing criticism from US and IMF
Remembering the great meme power wars of 2022, a retrospective time capsule of the El Hodlador fracas.
President of central American nation says project will be financed by $1bn of bonds
Time may be running out for Washington and its allies to hold the region’s miscreant governments to account
Bond sell-off exacerbated by fears about president’s increasing authoritarianism
Adopting cryptocurrency as legal tender risks economic stability and personal finances
Latin American nation will on Tuesday become first country to accept digital currency as legal tender
Analysts sceptical of move hailed by crypto entrepreneurs and country’s authoritarian president
Ousting of supreme court justices and attorney-general raises democracy fears
Allies of rightwing populist Nayib Bukele win landslide victory and take control of parliament
Attorney-general to challenge President Bukele’s tough Covid-19 decree in Supreme Court
Country weary of corruption and gang violence turns to unconventional young populist
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