When you look at Latin American history, the way in which the Salvadoran leader has won his re-election bid and amassed power isn’t much different from how several other Latin American autocrats have operated. Batista, Somoza, Trujillo, Fujimori, Ortega and Chávez are just some examples of strongmen from the past century
In El Salvador, thousands of people have been imprisoned over the past 15 months, including dozens of international visitors, as the government tries to stop gang violence through a law known as the “state of exception.”
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The president declared a state of emergency eight months ago to take on gang violence, and arrests soared. Close to 100,000 people are behind bars as of November, more than triple the prison system’s capacity.