The Salvadoran president and his Nuevas Ideas party now have a blank check to wield unlimited power.
By Circles Robinson
HAVANA TIMES – With the country under a State of Exception to combat gang violence, Nayib Bukele was declared the winner with 70% of the votes counted.
Based on his exit polls, Bukele, 42, claimed victory shortly after the polls closed instead of waiting for any preliminary returns from the Electoral Tribunal.
With just over two-thirds of the votes tallied -as the electoral authorities had to manually process the voting re