El Salvador Under Nayib Bukele (2019-2024): State Centralization, Anti-Gang Policies, and Democratic Backsliding

 

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ग्रंथसूची विवरण
लेखक: Arriola Alarcón, Francisco Joel
स्वरूप: artículo original
स्थिति:Versión publicada
प्रकाशन तिथि:2026
विवरण:This essay offers a reconstruction of the rise of Nayib Bukele and his group in El Salvador, tracing their trajectory from the local government of Nuevo Cuscatlán to control of the executive branch and, ultimately, of much of the country’s state apparatus. It aims to discuss how this rise became possible and to examine the main features of Bukele’s first term in office (2019–2024). It argues that Bukeledid not emerge suddenly or unexpectedly, but rather at the intersection of a distinct trajectory of political accumulation and the crisis of the main postwar parties: ARENA and FMLN. Building on this reconstruction, the text analyzes three closely interrelated dimensions of Bukele’s government: state centralization, anti-gang policy, and democratic backsliding. The essay concludes that Bukele’s first administration expresses a reconfiguration of postwar state power, marked by institutional concentration, punitive effectiveness, and democratic weakening. 
देश:Portal de Revistas UCR
संस्थान:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
भाषा:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/12164
ऑनलाइन पहुंच:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rsociales/article/view/12164
संकेत शब्द:electoral contest
democratic backsliding
criminal policy
state centralization
democracy
contienda electoral
retroceso democrático
política criminal
centralización estatal
democracia