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El Salvador Decimated Gangs. But at What Cost?

El Salvador Decimated Gangs. But at What Cost?

The Daily vor 2 Jahren

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El Salvador has experienced a remarkable transformation. What had
once been one of the most violent countries in the world has
become incredibly safe.

Natalie Kitroeff, the New York Times bureau chief for Mexico,
Central America and the Caribbean, discusses the cost of that
transformation to the people of El Salvador, and the man at the
center of it, the newly re-elected President Nayib Bukele.

Guest: Natalie Kitroeff, the New York Times bureau chief for
Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.

Background reading:

El Salvador Decimated Its Ruthless Gangs. But at What Cost?

He Cracked Down on Gangs and Rights. Now He’s Set to Win a
Landslide.

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