Nayib Boucle, El Salvador’s tough-on-crime president, was re-elected with 83% of the vote, beating a “shattered” opposition by about 70 points. The 42-year-old’s populist New Thought party also appears to have won 58 of the 60 seats in parliament, allowing Mr Bukele to maintain the controversial state of emergency that has all but ensured an end to gang violence in the country. . .
In the lead up to Bukele’s landslide victory and in the days since, foreign leftists such as Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and liberal publications such as The Economist have been stirring up concerns about Salvadorans. threaten democracy By exercising the citizen’s right to elect Mr. Bukele as the next president.
In his victory speech Sunday night, Bukele made sure to send a message to these foreign critics: “The people of El Salvador have spoken out. And they have not only spoken loud and clear, but they have “We have made the clearest statement in the history of the doctrine,” he said. world. ”
After several hours
tell Sunday reporters reported that El Salvador had overcome cancer “with gang metastases” and was now recovering and trying to become “the person he always wanted to be,” Bukele said, along with his wife Gabriela. I went up to the president’s balcony. “It’s the End of the World as We Know It” by REM.
After boasting about his recent achievements, Bukele briefly summarized the country’s victories against crime. “We literally went from being the most dangerous country in the world to being the safest country in the entire Western Hemisphere. This is not an exaggeration, this is not an exaggeration, we literally went from being the most dangerous country in the world.” ”
Blaze News previously 51 murders per 100,000 people In 2018, the year before Bukele became president for the first time. Under his leadership, the homicide rate fell to his 7.8 in 2022, and the number of homicides in El Salvador decreased that year (495) was larger than that reported in Chicago during the same period (695).
“We have lived through 50 terrible years of war and slaughter, but everything has changed,” said 70-year-old voter Ana Rodriguez. Said economist.
According to reports, El Salvador’s murder rate last year was
2.4 per 100,000 people.In comparison, Canada 2.25 In 2022, the United States will push 8 per 100,000 people.
Bukele told thousands of supporters on Sunday.[El Salvador is] The safest country in the Americas. And what did they tell us? “You are violating human rights.” Whose human rights? The rights of honest people? No, perhaps we have prioritized the rights of honest people over the rights of criminals. That’s all we did. ”
Rep. Omar and other Democrats urged the U.S. State Department to lean on El Salvador ahead of last week’s national elections.
Focus on it “President Boucle is consolidating his power and establishing authoritarian rule in El Salvador,” the statement said. We are asking them to make use of it.”
“I ask these organizations, I ask these foreign governments, I ask these journalists: ‘Why do we want them to kill us? Why do we want them to kill us? Why don’t you want to see that blood?’ Why aren’t things working in our country the way they used to?” the Salvadoran continued. “Why do we have to die? Why do our children have to die? Why do we respect a false democracy that you don’t even respect in your own country?” Is it for your pleasure?”
The president shared an anecdote about a conversation he had with a Spanish journalist who allegedly asked him why he wanted to “dismantle democracy.”
“I replied, “What is this democracy you are talking about? Democracy means people power.”
demo and Kratos. That’s where the word democracy comes from,” Bukele said, adding, “And if this is what the Salvadoran people want, why do Spanish journalists come and ask what Salvadorans can and cannot do? Is it necessary to tell us?” What kind of democracy is he talking about? He is talking about the democracy that Spain’s bosses want. ”
Bukele suggested that the alternatives are imperialism, colonialism, elitism or hidden plutocracy.
After criticizing his foreign detractors, Bukele dismissed the concerns of secularists and praised God.
“We must give all the glory to God,” Bukele said, drawing applause and cheers from the crowd. “For what are we if not instruments of God? We are all instruments of God. God has chosen to heal our nation. … We are all instruments of God. We respect religion. We respect atheists and agnostics. We are their friends, but let’s believe in God.”
Bukele hinted at possible concerns about his religious statements, saying, “Perhaps the problem is… [of praising God] It’s about setting an example. Because the people in your country whom you tried to inculcate atheism may believe in God again. ”
Bukele’s vice president, Felix Ulloa, reportedly suggested that now that the government has “wiped out” crime, the administration will make education, health and infrastructure a top priority.
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