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[Opinion] Why El Salvador’s Bukele is doubling down on repression

Summary by The Christian Science Monitor
El Salvador’s president escalated crackdowns on protest and civil society in May, prompting the question “Why now?”

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Noah Bullock, executive director of Cristosal, said that in El Salvador there is an atmosphere of fear, where 85% of the population says they are afraid to express opinions contrary to the president. He declared that El Salvador can no longer be considered a democracy, but “an autocracy” comparable to Nicaragua or Venezuela, and pointed out that this repressive wave also reached lawyer Ruth Lopez, a human rights defender, who today faces the sam…

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I point out that in recent hours they have publicly threatened pro-government people and exposed judges and prosecutors who do not align with their thoughts. EL SALVADOR.- President Nayib Bukele exposed on his social networks that opposition figures have been publicly threatening anyone who supports or works for his government and even exposing judges, prosecutors and journalists “that do not align with Open Society orders.” “Some of those who i…

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