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El presidente de El Salvador Nayib Bukele pronuncia un discurso el 7 de mayo de 2021. Crédito: Marvin Recinos / AFP / Getty
For much of the history of US-Central American relations, this country has aligned with the interests of various military regimes and the oligarchic agro-exporter class.
At different times, some administrations, such as Kennedy and Carter, sought to use different rhetoric about human rights and social justice to undercut support for socialist principles.
President Biden and Vice President Harris are currently navigating a new predicament, between seeking partner governments in the region to control the flow of migrants from the Northern Triangle, and to defend human rights against these same, increasingly authoritarian governments. This is a fundamental change in comparison to the purely transactional approach of former President Trump, for whom authoritarianism was no barrier.