El Salvador president says he's world's 'coolest dictator'
ABC News
The top US diplomat in El Salvador says she sees “a decline in democracy” the country, where President Nayib Bukele changed his Twitter profile to read “the coolest dictator in the world.”
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- The top U.S. diplomat in El Salvador said Tuesday she sees “a decline in democracy” the country, where President Nayib Bukele changed his Twitter profile to read “the coolest dictator in the world.”
The U.S. State Department put five El Salvadoran Supreme Court justices on the U.S. Undemocratic and Corrupt Actors list Monday. Those on the list have their U.S. visas revoked.
The U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Jean Manes told local media the action was taken because the justice voted to allow the president’s re-election “which is clearly not allowed under the Constitution.”
“What are we seeing now? It is a decline in democracy, and that is exactly what is happening,” Manes said.
