Loved and decried, El Salvador s populist leader is defiant
Christopher Sherman
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FILE - In this June 1, 2021 file photo, El Salvador s President Nayib Bukele waves during his annual address to the nation to congress, in San Salvador, El Salvador. Bukele s presidency so far is the story of one of Latin America s newest populist autocracies in the making: spending big to hand out goodies, branding opponents as enemies, raising the profile of the military.(AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File)
SAN SALVADOR – In the narrow, gang-controlled alleys of the Las Palmas neighborhood, struggling Salvadorans are untroubled by actions of their president that so infuriate his critics.