“Coolest dictator in the world’ re-elected in El Salvador. Nayib Bukele is preparing for a second term as president of El Salvador after the election.
The vote count was marred by internet outages and other irregularities; the authorities eventually resorted to manual counting. With 70 percent of polling stations counted, Bukel had about 1.6 million votes - more than 10 times as many as his nearest rival, leftist Manuel Flores. Bukeel is often compared to former US President Donald Trump - another charismatic politician willing to defy traditional democratic norms.