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Bukele’s Hard Hand Comes to El Salvador’s Schools · Global Voices

Summary by El Pais
The news this week in El Salvador is that the hairdressers are crowded. It has gone viral, with videos and memes about it flooding social networks. There is a reason: the president, Nayib Bukele, appointed a military woman as Minister of Education, and his first order has been that all children and adolescents must present themselves to study with half their shaved heads, their neat uniform and say “thank you” and “please” to the adults. Anyone …

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Promulgated on 20 August by the new Minister of Education and captain of the Karla Trigueros army, the measures apply in the context of the "strengthening of discipline" to fight gangs in the country.

·Paris, France
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The news this week in El Salvador is that the hairdressers are crowded. It has gone viral, with videos and memes about it flooding social networks. There is a reason: the president, Nayib Bukele, appointed a military woman as Minister of Education, and his first order has been that all children and adolescents must present themselves to study with half their shaved heads, their neat uniform and say “thank you” and “please” to the adults. Anyone …

·Spain
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Students should wear clean uniforms, be respectful, ask please and say thank you. Males should have short hair.

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El Pais broke the news in Spain on Friday, August 29, 2025.
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