Nayib Bukele counterattack. After the publication of a European Union press release tackling the security policy carried out in Salvador, the country’s leader did not chew his words: “The Salvador regrets that an aging over -regulated block, dependent on energy, lagging behind technologically and led by non -elected bureaucrats continues to teach the rest of the world”he launched on the X platform.
A few hours earlier, the EU had “Figural the adoption of the law on foreign agents, which risks restricting civil society and is contrary to international obligations”. This text, in the pipes since 2021, was approved at the end of May. It aims in particular to apply a 30 % tax on the contributions of foreign donors to NGOs in Salvador. The European Union has also deplored “Recent arrests of human rights defenders” in the country of Central America.
Nayib Bukele is pointed out for the arrest of members of human rights NGOs, like Ruth Lopez, a forty -year -old who came to families of 252 Venezuelan migrants imprisoned in Salvador. “It is said that we imprison human rights defenders, dissidents, opponents of the regime. How can we fight against corruption if the whole opposition benefits from guaranteed impunity? “, had argued the Salvadoral president, during a speech to the nation on Sunday, June 1.
The “coolest dictator in the world”, as he was nicknamed in the past, leads a merciless fight against drug traffickers and insecurity. In 2019, the number of homicides ran out of 87 per 100,000 inhabitants; In 2023, he fell to 2.41 per 100,000 inhabitants. Impressive figures that earn him great popularity, but also criticism from NGOs. “I don’t care that I treat me a dictator”he had swept on June 1. “I prefer that I am called a dictator rather than seeing them kill Salvadorians in the streets”he had continued.
