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El Salvador - Bukele's party wins

El Salvador - Bukele's party wins

With a supermajority in the Congress, the checks on Bukele's power will be minimal.

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Mar 01, 2021
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El Salvador - Bukele's party wins
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Everyone expected President Nayib Bukele’s party to win big this weekend and that’s what happened. Not every election has a surprise cliffhanger outcome.

Nuevas Ideas won over 65% of the vote and well over two-thirds of the seats in Congress and most of the municipal elections. Seats from Bukele’s coalition partners will push those numbers even higher. 

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