Epstein Secrets

ection of Nayib Bukele seems a foregone conclusion. More troubling however is the possibility that a set of electoral reforms shrinking the size of the Legislative Assembly and modifying the process for counting votes from Salvadorans living abroad will serve to engineer a legislature in which the opposition may not gar

r into a one-party state with the patina of democratic legitimacy. In light of the already troubling restriction of civil and political rights under Bukele's first term, such a development is a concerning portent for El Salvador and the region at large. This event will seek to raise awareness of the el

d President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has taken steps towards autocracy, attacking the press and civil society and deploying soldiers to occupy the Legislative Assembly after the Assembly rejected an anti- crime bill. On May 1, the day after the new, pro-Bukele legislature was sworn in, Bukele's political opponents

ccupy the Legislative Assembly after the Assembly rejected an anti- crime bill. On May 1, the day after the new, pro-Bukele legislature was sworn in, Bukele's political opponents on the Supreme Court and the attorney general's office were removed in what some political scientists call "a self-coup." Buk

ection of Nayib Bukele seems a foregone conclusion. More troubling however is the possibility that a set of electoral reforms shrinking the size of the Legislative Assembly and modifying the process for counting votes from Salvadorans living abroad will serve to engineer a legislature in which the opposition may not gar

r into a one-party state with the patina of democratic legitimacy. In light of the already troubling restriction of civil and political rights under Bukele's first term, such a development is a concerning portent for El Salvador and the region at large. This event will seek to raise awareness of the el