Only a few hours after voting was concluded, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele declared his victory with more than 85 percent of the vote on Feb. 4.
For years the Mara Salvatrucha, one of the most violent street gangs on earth, brutally controlled all aspects of life in Italia, a verdant, working-class suburb of one-storey houses just outside San Salvador, El Salvador’s capital.
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El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has been accused of widespread human rights violations, and he’s rigged the courts to allow him to run illegally for reelection. What better time to host Miss Universe?
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