Highlights: Timid human rights concerns after Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's victory. Inside the country, however, voices are being raised to warn against a drift towards a dictatorship. Some editorialists are worried about the future of the country. With this unconstitutional re-election, the country has entered the club of authoritarian regimes for some, others see it as a cult of personality taken to the extreme. The choice is clear, summarizes the daily, “either we applaud or we disappear ”

Triumphantly re-elected as president, Nayib Bukele was congratulated by many foreign leaders, who praise his hard line against criminal organizations and traffickers. Inside…

Timid human rights concerns after Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's victory

Triumphantly re-elected as president, Nayib Bukele was congratulated by many foreign leaders, who praise his hard line against criminal organizations and traffickers. Inside the country, however, voices are being raised to warn against a drift towards a dictatorship.

Electoral campaign in Soyapango, El Salvador, February 28, 2023. AP - Salvador Melendez

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The applause and congratulations mainly came from Central America even before the publication of the final and official results of the presidential election in El

Salvador

. Like Xiomara Castro, the president of Honduras who has already cited him as a model, Nayib Bukele's counterparts highlight the Salvadoran president's success in his fight against insecurity.

Mexico notes a peaceful electoral process which, according to the Chinese embassy in El Salvador, was crowned with a historic victory.

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Few words, however, on the human rights violations of which Nayib Bukele is nevertheless accused by numerous organizations. Some chancelleries sent measured congratulations. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he places “

great importance on close relations with the Salvadoran people

” when some three million living in the United States send their families some $8 billion annually, which contributes 21%. of El Salvador's GDP. But he nevertheless warned to give “

priority to good governance, economic prosperity, guarantees of a fair trial and human rights

”.

The spokesperson for the German Foreign Ministry called for “

the fight against crime to also take into consideration the protection of human rights and the rule of law

”.

The criticism came from within the country. Some editorialists are worried about the future of the country. With this unconstitutional re-election, the country has entered the club of authoritarian regimes for some, others see it as a cult of personality taken to the extreme. The State is he, Nayib Bukele, who controls the government, Parliament and justice, writes the newspaper

El Salvador

. Faced with this situation, the choice is clear, summarizes the daily, “either

we applaud or we disappear

”.

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Timid human rights concerns after Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's victory

Timid human rights concerns after Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's victory

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