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Closer Look at ‘Coolest Dictator in the World’ — Harvard Gazette
- Nayib Bukele became president of El Salvador in 2019 and rapidly expanded military ties with Israel centered on weapons and security technology.
- This build-up followed long-standing Israeli support for El Salvador's military, including during its 1970s-80s civil war, when Israel supplied most arms.
- Since 2022, Bukele declared a state of exception that suspended civil liberties, resulting in the imprisonment of at least 85,000 people, many in overcrowded prisons like CECOT.
- Bukele justified mass detentions as necessary against gangs, while critics report human rights abuses and secret surveillance of critics, with U.S. Sanctions imposed on prison system director Osiris Luna.
- Bukele’s policies have reduced gang violence and gained high approval domestically, but his authoritarian style, Israeli ties, and human rights concerns have generated controversy and international scrutiny.
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Closer look at ‘coolest dictator in the world’ — Harvard Gazette
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele during a White House visit last month.Win McNamee/Getty Images Nation & World Closer look at ‘coolest dictator in the world’ Sociologist traces rise, career of Salvadoran leader some view as savior, others as authoritarian Liz Mineo Harvard Staff Writer May 15, 2025 7 min read President Nayib Bukele is both widely popular and highly controversial in El Sa…
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The Washington StandardNayib Bukele’s El Salvador Dictatorship: Made In Israel
Nayib Bukele may be Palestinian, but the dictatorship he built in El Salvador is made in Israel. From weapons to spyware, Alan Macleod examines the Israeli support behind the man who calls himself “the world’s coolest dictator.” Arming a Dictatorship Since Bukele’s ascension to the presidency in 2019, Israeli exports to El Salvador have …
Bukele’s secret deal with the devil exposed - The Grayzone
The current “Pax Bukele,” a state of emergency in which constitutional rights have been invalidated, was only made possible by a secret deal between President Nayyib Bukele and some of the country’s most violent gangs, which actively assisted Bukele’s rise. The Grayzone spoke with veteran Salvadorean journalist Walter Raudales about the stunning revelations of Bukele’s covert arrangement with the cartels, and interviewed human rights lawyer Alej…
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Nayib Bukele’s El Salvador Dictatorship: Made in Israel
Nayib Bukele may be Palestinian, but the dictatorship he has built in El Salvador is very much made in Israel. From arming his security forces to supplying him with weapons and high-tech surveillance tools, MintPress explores the Israeli influence helping to prop up the man who calls himself “the world’s coolest dictator.” Arming a Dictatorship Since Bukele’s ascension to the presidency in 2019, Israeli exports to El Salvador have been rapidl…
Kaine: 'Serious Consequence' Likely if El Salvador Is Colluding with Trump
Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) said Wednesday on CNN's "News Central" that he is advancing legislation that would force the Trump administration to produce a human rights report on El Salvador that would result in "serious consequences" if violations were found. The post Kaine: ‘Serious Consequence’ Likely if El Salvador Is Colluding with Trump appeared first on Breitbart.
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