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Bukele critics face long exile from El Salvador homeland
About 80 critics of President Bukele have fled amid arrests and new laws targeting dissent, with an estimated 88,000 detained under a state of emergency since 2022.
- Approximately 80 activists, reporters, legal professionals, and environmental advocates have left El Salvador over the past four months to escape increasing government repression and potential arrest.
- These departures followed Bukele's 2022 state of emergency, which led to about 88,000 detentions amid his crackdown on gangs and critics controlling all government branches.
- Notable critics arrested include lawyer Ruth López on May 18 and constitutional and environmental lawyers, while legislation lifted the ban on metal mining, prompting protests.
- Jorge Beltrán, a journalist among 47 exiled reporters, expressed that although he is physically distant, he remains determined to continue speaking out, as practicing independent and courageous journalism has become too dangerous in El Salvador.
- The approval of indefinite presidential re-election and the foreign agents law suggest Bukele could extend his rule, delaying exiles' possible returns amid international muted criticism.
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Not because they were expected to find it less difficult. The newly approved indefinite presidential reelection in El Salvador distances the return of dozens of human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers and environmentalists who went into exile to avoid jail. Four of them speak to the AFP of what they call a “repressive escalation” of President Nayib Bukele against critics of his government, who are accused of “tergiversing” and “manipular” f…
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Total News Sources24
Leaning Left6Leaning Right5Center6Last UpdatedBias Distribution35% Left, 35% Center
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- 35% of the sources lean Left, 35% of the sources are Center
35% Center
L 35%
C 35%
R 29%
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