Better Know Nayib Bukele, the Hipster Authoritarian President of El Salvador

Published: May 20, 2021, 3 a.m.

Elected in 2019 as a 37 year old third party candidate, the president of El Salvador Nayib Bukele is a political phenom. He has a hipster's disposition, but an authoritarian's proclivities.\xa0 a

On the line to explain the rise of Nayib Bukele and the demise of democratic checks and balances in El Salvador is Frida Ghitis,\xa0 She is a world affairs analyst and columnist for World Politics Review.\xa0 We kick off discussing the sudden rise of Bukele in Salvadorian politics before entering into a discussion about the implications of his authoritarian tendencies.\xa0

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