Five points on Bukele
El Salvador's president-elect shakes up the political system
Nayib Bukele won 53% of the vote in the first round. Only around 50% of voters turned out, a lower number than usual.
1. Bukele destroyed the old political system to rise to the top.
Salvadorans were angry at the political culture before Bukele’s recent rise in the polls. Bukele successfully turned that anger into a winning coalition that caused a majori…
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