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| President Nayib Bukele’s brutal crackdown on crime has dramatically reduced the murder rate and won him favour with the public, but what’s the true cost of his war on gangs? The Economist’s deputy editor, Robert Guest, reports from El Salvador on how Bukele is using the fight against crime to amass power. 00:00 - Inside president Bukele’s crackdown 02:25 - How the public and the prisoners’ families have reacted 03:55 - El Salvador’s security minister on fair trials 05:13 - How Bukele is amassing power Nayib Bukele shows how to dismantle a democracy and remain popular: https://econ.st/470cYVo Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI For more stories from the Americas: https://econ.st/3NZFsG2 Young Latin Americans are unusually open to autocrats: https://econ.st/3DktqSH What the world’s budding autocrats can learn from El Salvador: https://econ.st/3pV86Qu El Salvador’s authoritarian president is becoming a regional role model: https://econ.st/44NuGJA Latin America’s prisons are overcrowded and violent: https://econ.st/3Dmf8AT |
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