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Podcast: The Lawfare Podcast
Episode: Lawfare Archive: El Salvadorâs President Cracks Down on Gangsâand Democracy
Description: From May 9, 2023: Since March 2022, El Salvador has been under a state of exception as its President Nayib Bukele seeks to crack down on the countryâs powerful gangs. Bukele, who once described himself on Twitter as the âworldâs coolest dictator,â has engaged in a prolonged attack on El Salvadorâs democratic institutions. And the crackdown has resulted in a range of human rights abuses. At the same time, Bukele really does seem to have been successful in curbing gang violence, and his popularity is sky high. To understand the situation in El Salvador, Lawfare Senior Editor Quinta Jureci...