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El Salvador’s Bukele Polices School Haircuts

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El Salvador issued an order restricting how schoolboys’ hair should be cut, highlighting the government’s authoritarian turn. President Nayib Bukele defended the “disciplinary measures” which come as he tries to reshape every facet of life in El Salvador. Since assuming power in 2019, Bukele has overseen a drastic drop in murder rates, which has in turn boosted his popularity. The president has leveraged his standing to pass laws that give him a…

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Since Wednesday, El Salvador's public schools have implemented strict control, which includes checking that students wear a clean uniform, adequate hair and offer a respectful greeting, as a measure of "order and discipline" promoted by the new Minister of Education, Captain Karla Trigueros. Trigueros, whose appointment as minister was announced on August 15 by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, sent on Monday a memorandum of "compulsory charact…

·Madrid, Spain
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The Nayib Bukele government has announced a series of disciplinary measures to control the dress and appearance of students before entering the country’s educational centers. Although dress codes were already a reality in El Salvador’s schools, students will now be required to lower their grades or require them to perform community services if they don’t. Continue reading...

·Granada, Spain
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While questioning the “militarization” of education, Karla Trigueros demands “clean and tidy uniform” and “a proper haircut” for students. Read more

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Karla Trigueros, a military doctor, demands that students present themselves with the “clean and tidy uniform” and a “appropriate haircut”.

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