- El Salvador's right-wing President Nayib Bukele, currently on leave from office, is running his controversial re-election campaign beyond Salvador's borders in a bid to shore up global support.
- Bukele used X (formerly Twitter) to promote recent discussions with other ideologically aligned rebels, including liberal and dissident Argentine President Javier Millei.
- Mr. Boucle's decision to seek re-election raises serious constitutional concerns, as presidents in El Salvador typically serve only one term.
El Salvador's Nayib Boucle made clear this week that he does not seek re-election indefinitely, taking advantage of his growing profile across Latin America to campaign for presidential re-election beyond the small country's borders.
In a two-hour forum late Wednesday on Platform He accused them of trying to oppress developing countries.
Bukele was given a six-month leave of absence from office in December to run for re-election, even though the constitution prohibits him from doing so. Congress authorized the president to select a private secretary as interim leader.
El Salvador's President Bukele files for re-election, expressing constitutional concerns
The Supreme Court, made up of judges elected by Bukele's allies in parliament, ruled in 2021 that Bukele could seek a second five-year term in the February 4 election. I put it down.
Asked Wednesday if he would seek a constitutional amendment that would allow him to run for indefinite re-election, Bukele said he had no intention of doing so.
In April 2023, the commission called on El Salvador to lift the state of emergency imposed in March 2022, allowing the Bukele government to step up its fight against powerful gangs in the country. A state of emergency suspends some basic rights, such as the ability for police to notify the public of the reason for their arrest and allow access to a lawyer.
Some 74,000 people have been arrested in Bukele's war on gangs. Judges have since released more than 7,000 of them.
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele greets supporters in San Salvador, El Salvador, Friday, October 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)
Human rights groups in El Salvador and abroad have criticized Mr. Boucle for a lack of due process and other human rights violations. However, the resulting drop in murders strengthened support for Bukele among the majority of Salvadorans.
Bukele declared El Salvador the safest country in Latin America, just a few years after it was listed as one of the deadliest countries in the world. Many people have expressed a willingness to ignore the erosion of checks and balances in exchange for a safe region.
His interactions with people from many Latin American countries reflected that his success resonated beyond El Salvador's borders, even in the face of sometimes withering criticism from the United States and Europe. .
His pushback against critics on Wednesday echoes his speech to the United Nations General Assembly in 2023, in which he said that if El Salvador had listened to its critics, it would become the murder capital of the world. He said he would return.
“Today I come to say that the debate is over,” Bukele told the United Nations. “The decision we took was the right one. We are no longer the death capital of the world. We achieved it in record time. Today, we are an example to the world.” “It's safe and no one can question it. There are consequences. There is no refutation.”
Bukele enjoys extremely high approval ratings in El Salvador.
He boosted his country's international image by hosting events such as the Central American and Caribbean Games in July and the Miss Universe pageant in November.
He had a cheeky response to his critics, accusing them of defending gangs. His success inspired many political aspirants in other Latin American countries, from Argentina to Guatemala, to emulate his heavy-handed tactics.
On Wednesday, Bukele said he had spoken to one such foreign politician in a country where the population is fed up with traditional political parties. That was Argentina's newly elected Javier Millay, a self-proclaimed “anarcho-capitalist” who raced to victory in the anti-government movement. what he called Argentina's political caste.
During their two-hour conversation, Bukele reportedly told Millay that she needed to stand up to a system that did not agree with her.
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“I wish him the best of luck, we wish him the best of luck, and I hope he can overcome those obstacles, the real obstacles and the obstacles of the system that are trying to stop him. I said, 'I'm not going to make the changes that he wants,''' Bukele said.
