Nayib Bukele declared himself the winner with 85% of the votes before there was even a page for official results. He has molded a State in his own style, in which he has come to control all the institutions while the people applaud him.

The sensation overwhelms even an unarmed opposition, whose vote watchers do not even dare to identify themselves in the face of the cyan tide. The country had a winner months ago, it just needed to be revealed, says Oscar Jordan.