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El Salvador’s New “Mega Prison” and Bukele’s Crackdown on Gang-related Crime

Posted on May 28, 2023 by

“Our one rule, besides stick together, is don’t get caught.” This simple quote from S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders highlights the struggle between group identity and self-identity, as seen through the eyes of a 14-year-old boy who believes he is an outsider to society. In his world, there are only two types of people, “Greasers” and […]

Nayib Bukele: Millennial President, Age-Old Autocrat, Institutional Wrecking Ball

Posted on June 2, 2022 by

In 2021, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele described himself as “the coolest dictator in the world” on Twitter. If Bukele limited his eccentricity to Twitter, such a declaration would cause about as much harm as Elon Musk’s memes. However, between planning to promote Bitcoin in Miami while chaos consumes his country at home and exploiting […]

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