Bukele said the cuts would improve efficiency and crack down on corruption, the same reasons given for gutting El Salvador’s courts in 2021. “We are open to the world.” When asked by the AP about those imprisoned, he responded “no” and walked away.Īhead of the games, Bukele's government slashed 70% of publicly elected positions, whittling down the number of congressional and local government seats. “El Salvador is a country in peace,” he told The Associated Press. “I wonder if he’ll give me his autograph,” mused Ramirez, his eyes glued to the door from which the president would later depart.Īs the crowd waited, Defense Minister René Merino walked out to cheers. But the competition also comes as Bukele is accused of systematic human rights violations for that same crackdown and as his government takes steps that eat away at the country’s democracy. The games have offered Bukele – the bitcoin-pushing 41-year-old leader who has sparked a sort of populist fervor in his Central American nation and beyond – an opportunity to showcase a safer El Salvador in the largest international event here since his government entered an all-out war against gangs. In the opening ceremonies of the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games, the remark was met with a burst of applause and, in some swathes of the remodeled stadium, chants of “Reelection!” … Ask them what they think of El Salvador, what they think of our government, what they think of our supposed dictatorship.” Here in El Salvador, you can go anywhere and it’s totally safe.
“They say we live in a dictatorship,” Bukele said, but "ask bus passengers, people eating in restaurants, waiters. SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - El Salvador President Nayib Bukele stood before tens of thousands of roaring sports fans with a message: I am not a dictator. Amid criticism over his war on gangs, El Salvador's President Bukele turns to sports
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