El Salvador: Der coolste Diktator der Welt? | ARTE Reportage

In El Salvador, criminal gangs have been fighting each other for over 30 years. Authorities there regularly register the highest murder rate in the world. In March 2022, 87 people were murdered in El Salvador within two days. MS13 and Barrio18, two rival gangs, thus delivered the two deadliest days in the country in decades. The former mayor of the capital, San Salvador, Nayib Bukele, was elected president in 2019 at the age of 37. Parliament subsequently declared a state of emergency as a declaration of war against the gangs. Within eight months, 60,000 people were imprisoned on suspicion of belonging to criminal gangs. The policies of Central America's youngest president enjoy massive support from the population after 30 years of murderous gang wars. Nayib Bukele calls himself the "coolest dictator in the world." In December, Honduras also declared a state of emergency against the gangs in its country. In Guatemala, journalists and prosecutors are imprisoned. Nicaragua is under a dictatorship. This clearly fuels the ambition of Nayib Bukele, who seems to already see himself as a kind of leader of an authoritarian Central America. #elsalvador #dictator #crime Video available until 17/01/2093 Subscribe to ARTE's YouTube channel:    / artede   Follow us on social media: Facebook:   / arte.tv   Twitter:   / artede   Instagram:   / arte.tv