Ieri Nayib Bukele ha rivinto le elezioni in El Salvador e la sua popolarità è tutta merito della repressione brutale contro criminali veri e presunti. Bukele ha sostituito i giudici della Corte suprema e quelli attuali sono disponibili a concedergli moltissimo: prima gli hanno permesso di correre per un secondo mandato anche se le regole lo vieterebbero, poi ... Show More
Jun 2024
El Salvador's War on MS-13: Nayib Bukele Goes Hard
Since 2019, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has smashed the country’s two main gangs, MS-13 and Barrio 18, throwing almost 80,000 people into megaprisons and implementing a harsh but effective “state of exception,” aka martial law. Murder rates have plummeted and, for the first ... Show More
56m 47s
Feb 2024
Así se expande el modelo Bukele en América Latina
<p>Nayib Bukele seguirá gobernando El Salvador cinco años más. Con su estado de excepción vigente desde 2022, ha desarticulado las pandillas, ha encerrado a sus integrantes en una cárcel de máxima seguridad y ha enviado presas a más de 70.000 personas, en su primera legislatura. ... Show More
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Aug 2023
El Salvador: The rise of the ‘world’s coolest dictator’
Not long ago, the tiny nation of El Salvador had the highest murder rate in the world. Now, it has the highest incarceration rate. President Nayib Bukele – who has described himself as “the world’s coolest dictator” – has detained 70,000 gang suspects without trial. His supporter ... Show More
28m 8s
Feb 2024
El Salvador Decimated Gangs. But at What Cost?
<p>El Salvador has experienced a remarkable transformation. What had once been one of the most violent countries in the world has become incredibly safe.</p><p>Natalie Kitroeff, the New York Times bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, discusses the cost of t ... Show More
29m 7s
Sep 2023
104 - El Salvador: The Price of Security
Once the murder capital of the world, El Salvador finds itself grappling with both gang violence and geopolitical shifts. Between 2013 and 2016, murder rates soared due to gang wars and systemic extortion. President Nayib Bukele, emerging from this tumult, removes the safety catc ... Show More
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