The anti-gang emergency decree has been in effect for two years

El Salvador extends anti-gang emergency decree for 24th consecutive one-month extension. It's now been in effect for two years. President Nayib Bukele has requested the extension of the decree. It is the 24th extension of a two-year extension of an anti-gang emergency decree.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken congratulates El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on his recent re-election victory. Secretary of state: Nayib is El Salvador's "world's coolest dictator" Nayib has been described as 'the coolest dictator' in El Salvador.

Jocelyn Zelaya was caught in a hail of gunfire on the streets of San Salvador in 2017. The young mother was simply “in the wrong place, at the wrong time,” says her aunt Jackelyne. In El Salvador, self-styled ‘world’s coolest dictator’ Nayib Bukele heads for re-election amid human rights concerns.

Jocelyn Zelaya was caught in a hail of gunfire on the streets of San Salvador in 2017. The young mother was simply “in the wrong place, at the wrong time,” says her aunt Jackelyne. In El Salvador, self-styled ‘world’s coolest dictator’ Nayib Bukele heads for re-election amid human rights concerns.

El Salvador's president responds to Democratic lawmakers attacking him for seeking re-election, human rights violations and more. Bukele says he would be worried if he had their support if they supported him. El Salvador president tells U.S. Democratic lawmakers he would not want their support.

President Nayib Bukele is currently on a six-month leave from office. He has begun taking his controversial reelection campaign outside his home country. Right-wing El Salvadoran president is a member of an anti-gang hardliner. He is currently taking his campaign abroad for the first time in six months.