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"The World's Coolest Dictator": Bukele's Gang Violence Crackdown in El Salvador

The Twitter/X bio of El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, as of December 2025, reads “Philosopher King.” In the past, it ...
Naija Gist - Latest

In El Salvador, government effort against gangs bears fruit

Since his arrival in office in June, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has stepped up the country's war on criminal gangs, an effort that is bearing fruit according to experts who point to a falling ...
Los Angeles Times

What El Salvador’s Bukele, a hero for the American right, isn’t showing the world

President Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on gangs has brought peace to El Salvador, but the price, some Salvadorans say, has been the loss of civil liberties. “We used to be afraid of the gangs,” says one ...
World Politics Review

Bukele’s Alliance With El Salvador’s Gangs Is a Ticking Time Bomb

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CNN

Trump admin proposed sending up to 500 alleged Venezuelan gang members during negotiations to use El Salvador’s mega-prison

The United States proposed sending up to 500 Venezuelan migrants with alleged ties to the Tren de Aragua gang to El Salvador as the two governments sought to reach an agreement on the use of the ...
Las Vegas Sun

‘World’s coolest dictator’ rose quickly in El Salvador on controversial policies

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