'Popular' El Salvador President has transformed the country with 'questionable method

Cato Institute Latin America Policy Analyst Daniel Raisbeck discussed the controversy around El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s battle against crime. This comes amid released footage showing the El Salvador President announcing to his cabinet they are all under investigation for corruption. “El Salvador has been, during the last few decades, one of the most violent countries in Latin America and in fact in the world,” Mr Raisbeck told Sky News host Gabriella Power. “This changed with Bukele who came to power around 5 years ago. He has … made El Salvador from one of the most violent countries in the world to one of the least violent in the region. “This has been done by violating all types of due process. “There is already several instances of Bukele really installing the early stages of an autocratic regime. “On the one hand, he is tremendously popular, he has definitely solved the issue of crime for the time being, on the other hand, he has used very questionable methods.”