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Better Know Nayib Bukele, the Hipster Authoritarian President of El Salvador

May 20, 2021 by Mark Goldberg
Image from Bukele’s Instagram page

Elected in 2019 as a 37 year old third party candidate, the president of El Salvador Nayib Bukele is a political phenom. He has a hipster’s disposition, but an authoritarian’s proclivities. 

On the line to explain the rise of Nayib Bukele and the demise of democratic checks and balances in El Salvador is Frida Ghitis,  She is a world affairs analyst and columnist for World Politics Review.  We kick off discussing the sudden rise of Bukele in Salvadorian politics before entering into a discussion about the implications of his authoritarian tendencies. 

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