There is a strong demand among Peruvian mayors for the adoption of Bukele-style measures, known as the Bukele Plan, which has gained significant popularity. Polls indicate that Bukele is likely to win re-election by a landslide, with potential support as high as 70%. In El Salvador, citizens are highly satisfied with their democracy, as it is the country where its citizens are most satisfied with their democracy in Latin America according to Latino Baro-Metro.
Nayib Bukele has brought violent criminal gangs to a heel in El Salvador, transforming the country into one of the safest in Latin America. That’s made him extremely popular, even as human rights groups have condemned mass arrests and what they say are other abuses of civil liberties.
Marcelo Rochabrun, one of Bloomberg's bureau chiefs in Latin America, tells us how Bukele’s success in fighting crime has come at the expense of civil rights. And now, other leaders in the region are starting to follow suit.
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