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February 2024
Past Event
What Does Bukelismo Mean for Latin America?

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What Does Bukelismo Mean for Latin America?

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February 21, 2024
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Presidential candidate for Nuevas Ideas Nayib Bukele speaks during a press conference after casting his vote on February 4, 2024, in San Salvador, El Salvador. (Alex Pe帽a via Getty Images)
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Presidential candidate for Nuevas Ideas Nayib Bukele speaks during a press conference after casting his vote on February 4, 2024, in San Salvador, El Salvador. (Alex Pe帽a via Getty Images)
21
February 2024
Past Event

Event will air live on this page.

 

Inquiries: [email protected]

Speakers:
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James Bosworth

CEO, Hxagon and Columnist, World Politics Review

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Orlando P茅rez

Professor, University of North Texas at Dallas

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Carlos Eduardo Pi帽a

Senior Researcher, Fundaci贸n Andr茅s Bello

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Ricardo Valencia Pineda

Professor, California State University鈥揊ullerton and Columnist, El Faro

Moderator:
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Daniel Batlle

Adjunct Fellow

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele was reelected in a landslide after bringing peace to a country that had been wracked by gang violence for years. But improved security has come at a high cost for El Salvadorans, with Bukele presiding over mass incarceration, human rights violations, increasing corruption, and a government-controlled judiciary. Bukele has embraced charges of authoritarianism, calling himself the 鈥渨orld鈥檚 coolest dictator.鈥�

El Salvador鈥檚 success has won admiration from around Latin America, and other leaders seeking to counter rising crime are imitating Bukele鈥檚 mano dura policies. Moreover, Bukele seems eager to export his model. 

Join 华体会 for a conversation with leading observers as they examine Bukele鈥檚 record and discuss what the adoption of the Bukele model could mean for other countries in the region.

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