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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Thomas Graham

El Salvador strongman Bukele eyes re-election – never mind the constitution

Portraits of El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele are sold at the Ex Cuartel market in San Salvador this week.
Portraits of El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele are sold at the Ex Cuartel market in San Salvador this week. Photograph: Marvin Recinos/AFP/Getty Images

Since 2019, El Salvador has shown two faces to the world.

One is a glimmering vision of a hi-tech future: a country that hosts Miss Universe and dreams of bitcoin mines powered by volcanoes.

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