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Bukele wins election in El Salvador, but at what cost?

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's landslide re-election victory is perceived as a reward for restoring national security in the face of rampant gang warfare, but his hardline (mano dura) policies have come at a high cost for civilians. Find out more in our November 2023 article.

Women take part in a protest behind a poster that reads: “They were taken alive, we want them alive” at the ombudsman's office to demand help for the release of relatives detained during the government's state of emergency to curb gang violence, in San Salvador, El Salvador November 9, 2023.

The human and humanitarian fallout of El Salvador’s gang crackdown

President Bukele’s state of emergency presents an awkward dilemma for Salvadorians. It has sharply reduced violence, but at what cost?

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