Nayib Bukele's self-fulfilling prophecy warns (once again) about the fragility of the electoral device as the only antidote against authoritarianism. The new media caudillismo, built on old mechanisms of lies and “problem solving”, threatens the democratic health of countries desperate for violence and inequality.
Lying in politics is part of the mechanisms that sustain these increasingly frequent democratic anomalies. The people must assume without hesitation that democratic guarantees are their best shield.