El Salvador

Nayib Bukele – the ‘coolest dictator’ reshaping El Salvador

Nayib Bukele, at 44, has turned El Salvador from the Western Hemisphere's most murderous nation into its safest, but at the cost of the world's highest incarceration rate and the abolition of presidential term limits. He calls himself the 'coolest dictator' and enjoys a 92% approval rating, even as critics warn of authoritarian creep. The country's future hinges on whether his iron-fisted rule can deliver lasting security without sacrificing democracy.