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Has Nayib Bukele's crackdown ended gang rule in El Salvador?

For decades , gang violence had made El Salvador one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Then Nayib Bukele came along. The populist president has implemented his iron fist policy - arresting tens of thousands of gang members. It’s sent his popularity skyrocketing - with an approval rating of around 90 percent. But his critics accuse him of endorsing brutality, human rights abuses and increasing authoritarianism. Out of El Salvador , we are joined by Noah Bullock, Executive Director of Fundacion Cristosal, an NGO that is outspoken on what it sees as Bukele’s trampling of human rights Carolina Jiminez Sandoval from the Washington Office on Latin America and regional experts Javier Farje and Luke Taylor.

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