House with big fanfare for which he qualifies as a “best dictator in the world.” Nayib Bukele, 43, president of a country of six million inhabitants has become the Trump administration partner.
Since March, the small country in Central America agreed to imprison more than 250 prisoners expelled from the United States in its soil. Men, mostly Venezuelans, presented as gang members.
Donald Trump says he is far from collaboration. In the Oval office, he congratulated his counterpart for his staged videos that show the prisoners, shaved of his descent from the plane, kneeling and very chained. And the Republican is not against the idea of sending American prisoners:
A law of the 18th century
To expel these detainees, Donald Trump reactivated a law of the 18th century, the alien enemies law dating from 1798, and are usually used in times of war.
NGOs denounce “forced disappearances and arbitrary arrests.” The families of several of those deported say that their loved ones have no connection with the gangs and that they would have been attacked only by their tattoos.
During his visit, Nayib Bukele said he would not send a Salvadoran immigrant to the United States to the United States. A completely found excuse for Donald Trump, who did not intend to comply with the decision of the Supreme Court asking him to “facilitate” the return of this man.
Economic interest
But what does the president of Salvador have to win? He already finds interest in terms of communication. The young president presents himself with a smile with the one who adorns. Donald Trump supports his repressive policy, where the European Union criticizes.
It is also shown together with republican vehicles of heavy products such as Marco Rubio or Matt Gaetz. In September, he was at the Tesla factory site; in Texas; With Elon Musk, which praises his “method” against crime.
There is also an economic problem. Salvador received $ 6 million from Washington as part of his immigration association. “It’s little for them but much for us,” said Nayib Bukele.
The leader had promised that the immense prison in which the prisoners were led would not cost the savadourians anything. This allows you to maintain your promise.
Tariff rights
There was also talk of customs duties in the oval office. There is no announcement at the end of the meeting, but Bukele would have requested a reduction in the customs tasks of 10% imposed by Trump. According to the Central Bank of Salvador, almost a third of the country’s exports are intended for the United States. This represents just over $ 2 billion.
The country’s economic situation is difficult. Almost 30% of saviors would still live in poverty and almost one in 10 in extreme poverty. 70% of the works are in the informal sector. And the money sent by Salvadorans exiled to the United States represents 23% of GDP.
So, certainly, Bukele turned his country into one of the safest in Latin America, sacrificing individual freedoms. More than 1% of the population is in prison (the highest imprisonment in the world). But the country’s problems are largely overcoming the security problem. The increase in the economy will be your next challenge. The one who plans to modify the Constitution to be executed by a third term.
Source: BFM TV
