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AQ Podcast | The Bukele Model: Why It’s Hard to Replicate

In a region plagued by crime, some politicians are eager to replicate El Salvador’s gang crackdown. Can the model spread?

A recent Twitter feud laid bare the two presidents’ starkly different security approaches. But they both struggle to identify long-term solutions.

Los países de la región deben sonar la alarma sobre los impactos a largo plazo de restringir los derechos de los ciudadanos.

Countries across the region must raise the alarm about the long-term impact of curbing citizens’ rights.

Members of civil society react to Congress’ firing of the attorney general and Supreme Court justices.

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Bukele’s deployment of the military to Congress could herald a new chapter in Latin America’s “crisis of democracy,” experts say.