I mean, he cleaned up the country, created a tourist industry and gave the people sovereign money. He’s fueling the next generation with tech education 🤷♂️...
What more do you want from the guy? Is there some scandal that I’m missing?
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He could not take political prisoners and murder them, that would be something.
That’s one way to look at it. The other is, he put an end to corruption. I guess I don’t consider ms13 members or affiliates, political opponents.
He removed them from the equation and the nation flourished. His people seem to approve.
I’m talking about one story in particular that has gotten almost no coverage.
Can’t say I know much about it. Sounds sketchy for sure. Considering the amount of corruption the country is known for, it’s tough to imagine some remnants of corruption don’t still exist, even after Bukele’s sweep.
But the accusation of government corruption from a previous government official just sounds like the pot calling the kettle black to me.
For me, it’s simple. Signal to noise. Would I walk in the streets of San Salvador before Bukele? No.
Would I after? Yeah, definitely.
Easy to "clean up" the country when you throw suspected gang members in jail with no due process. https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2023/country-chapters/el-salvador
Proof is in the pudding, isn’t it? Rather presumptuous, honestly, as an outsider to criticize.
If you have ever lived in a 3rd world country where gangs and cartels run everything from the local bodegas to judges and government offices… you might feel different about “due-process”.
El Salvador wasn’t safe. Now it is.
It’s that simple.
He’s given his people sovereign money and a crime free society. If he was a malevolent dictator, he wouldn’t give up his biggest lever over the people… their currency.