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El Salvador's façade of democracy crumbles as president purges his political opponents

  • Written by Mneesha Gellman, Associate Professor of Political Science, Emerson College
El Salvador's façade of democracy crumbles as president purges his political opponentsSalvadoran president Nayib Bukele promised voters change. Instead, he seems to be reviving El Salvador's authoritarian past.Camilo Freedman/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

El Salvador is in crisis after President Nayib Bukele on May 1 fired five Salvadoran supreme court justices and the attorney general.

The court and attorney...

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