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El Salvador's façade of democracy crumbles as president purges his political opponents

  • Written by Mneesha Gellman, Associate Professor of Political Science, Emerson College
imageSalvadoran president Nayib Bukele promised voters change. Instead, he seems to be reviving El Salvador's authoritarian past.Camilo Freedman/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

El Salvador is in crisis after President Nayib Bukele on May 1 fired five Salvadoran supreme court justices and the attorney general.

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