2023-07-23 19:41:06
By Quentin Duval
Posted 2 hours ago, Updated 2 hours ago
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on June 15 in San Salvador. JOSE CABEZAS/REUTERS
PORTRAIT – Candidate for a second term, ignoring the Constitution of his country, he sees himself as the “coolest dictator in the world”.
Two small eyes published on his Twitter account, above a poll presenting Nayib Bukele more popular than Pope Francis. No words, just an emoji to tell the world: “look at that, look at me“. On the social network, the young Salvadoran president multiplies the publications to defend his popularity (92% approval) and the success of his security policy.
A year and a half after the establishment of the state of exception, and the war waged against the pandillas (criminal groups reigning in El Salvador), the government claims to have regained control of 100% of the territory. The homicide rate has fallen by 92% since 2015 and Nayib Bukele already seems to be making history in his country. “He is an innate leader, strategist, very intelligent”considers Gustavo Villatoro, his Minister of Security and Justice. “The president we have always deserved”added Mauricio Pineda, Minister of Education, then visiting a recently pacified neighborhood in the suburbs…
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