SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) 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.
They are not bothered by Nayib Bukele’s dictatorial maneuvers sending armed troops into congress to coerce a vote, or ousting independent judges from the country’s highest court, paving the way to control all branches of government. They praise his relentless attacks on the politicians who governed El Salvador for nearly 30 years before him, and the elites who benefited from their rule.
In this neighborhood they are grateful for the boxes of food staples they’ve received from Bukele’s government during the pandemic. Adults proudly pat their shoulders and say they got both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine long before most other people in Central America.
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.
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