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Manuel Melendez-Sanchez
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Bukele Has Defeated El Salvador’s Gangs—for Now. How? And What Does It Mean for the Region?
In March 2022, following a sudden spike in violence, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele declared open war on the country’s criminal gangs. Bukele and his allies…
What’s Behind the Spike of Violence in El Salvador?
El Salvador was once widely considered the “homicide capital of the world.” But over the past seven years, the country’s murder rate—which peaked at over…