Bukele is Gaining Ground: What s in Store for El Salvador?
After Nuevas Ideas, the party led by president Nayib Bukele, achieved a convincing victory that would allow it to have a qualified majority in the Assembly, the country will face a scenario in which this political group would have enough power to make transcendental decisions.
Monday, March 1, 2021
Bukele s arrival to the presidency coincides with the fall in popularity of ARENA and FMLN, traditional parties that had governed the country for the last three decades.
Several analysts agree that Nayib s triumph is due to the fact that the population was tired of the traditional Salvadoran politicians ways of governing.