Nayib Bukele

Nayib Bukele is a Salvadoran politician who has served as president of El Salvador since 2019. His government is known for a sweeping anti-gang crackdown and a prominent embrace of cryptocurrency.

El Salvador gang crackdown: A mass arrest campaign begun in El Salvador in 2022 to dismantle gangs under a state of exception. Bukele's signature security policy has sharply reduced reported violence while drawing accusations of arbitrary detention.
Nuevas Ideas: A Salvadoran political party founded by Bukele and the dominant force in the country's legislature since 2021. Its legislative majority has enabled Bukele's government to enact major policy and institutional changes.
Democratic backsliding: The gradual weakening of democratic institutions, rights, and constraints on political power. Critics use this framework to interpret Bukele's concentration of power and pressure on independent institutions.
Felix Ulloa: A Salvadoran lawyer and politician who has served as vice president under Nayib Bukele. Ulloa has publicly defended the government's interpretation permitting Bukele's consecutive reelection.
State of exception in El Salvador: An emergency legal regime in El Salvador that suspends certain constitutional protections and has been repeatedly renewed since 2022. It provides the legal framework for the mass arrests central to Bukele's security campaign.
Plan Control Territorial: A Salvadoran government security strategy launched in 2019 to regain control of areas dominated by gangs. This strategy preceded the 2022 emergency and framed Bukele's broader approach to gang violence.
Authoritarianism: A system of government that concentrates political power and restricts meaningful competition or civil liberties. Debates over whether Bukele's popularity coexists with authoritarian rule turn on this distinction.
Ernesto Castro: A Salvadoran politician and president of the Legislative Assembly since 2021. Castro leads the legislature in which Bukele's party holds a dominant majority.
Bitcoin in El Salvador: El Salvador's adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender in 2021, alongside the US dollar. Bukele made Bitcoin adoption a defining, internationally visible part of his administration.
Salvadoran Legislative Assembly: El Salvador's unicameral national legislature, whose members are elected for three-year terms. Nuevas Ideas gained a supermajority there, giving Bukele's government unusual legislative leverage.

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