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El Salvador: Nayib Bukele Supporters Celebrate His Reelection
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February 5, 2024
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0:44Now PlayingNayib Bukele won one of the biggest landslides in recent world history as El Salvador voters backed his draconian anti-gang policies and awarded him a second presidential term by an overwhelming majority.
With 70% of ballots tallied, the nation’s electoral authority reported Bukele had about 83.1% of the votes, compared to 6.9% for his closest rival.
In a speech to supporters Sunday night from a balcony at the national palace, Bukele said the opposition had been “pulverized”, and that his party had also won 58 of the 60 seats in congress.
“The people of El Salvador spoke, and they didn’t just speak loud and clear, but spoke in the most convincing fashion in the history of democracy,” Bukele said, entering and exiting to the 1980s hit “It’s the End of the World As We Know it,” by U.S. rock band R.E.M.
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