What Life Is Really Like in El Salvador Under Bukele’s 'Iron Fist'

What life is really like in El Salvador under Bukele’s 'iron fist'

El Salvador was once the murder capital of the world. Now under President Nayib Bukele, it’s safer than Canada. But with 2% of its population locked up -- what is the real cost of this newfound safety?

Arrest of a figure in the fight against corruption, journalists forced to exile after receiving threats, "foreign agents" law: in a few days, the signs of a reduction in the rule of law have multiplied in the Central American country, fuelling the concern of several NGOs.

THE LAND OF MILK & HONEY — Will Lehr

from SGT Report: El Salvador was the murder capital of the western world just a few short years ago. Today it is the safest nation in the western world thanks to President Bukele’s strategy to round up and imprison the murderous gangs. El Salvador now draws people from around the world to its beautiful beaches […]

El Salvador’s #DosEscuelasXDía Rebuilds Schools Nationwide.

President Nayib Bukele’s government is leading the #DosEscuelasXDía (Two Schools per Day) project to reconstruct and modernize school infrastructure throughout El Salvador. This ambitious initiative has already delivered the first two rehabilitated schools: Santa Clara Canton School Center in San Luis Talpa, with a $3.8 million investment benefiting 860 students, and El Zapotal Canton School Center in Chalatenango Sur, with $1.3 million benefiti…

The governor of Minas Gerais, Romeu Zema, said in an interview to the West Arena this Friday, 22, which intends to visit El Salvador to get closer to the safety model implemented by President Nayib Bukele. According to Zema, "the crime in El Salvador fell 98% in four years, with a very simple measure: banded prisoner". He classified the project as "the most successful crime fighter in human history". During the interview, led by the journalists …

Recently, the congressman along with a delegation of American politicians toured the facilities of the Center for the Confining of Terrorism, CECOT. EL SALVADOR.- U.S. Congressman Andy Ogles highlighted the transformation of El Salvador under the administration of President Nayib Bukele. “President Bukele’s prudent and pious leadership has transformed El Salvador. Now it is the jewel of Central America, because a man had the courage to face the …