Opinion Today: Are we watching the rise of a strongman?

Nayib Bukele has brought peace to one of the most violent countries in the world — at a steep price. 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It’s like watching a remake of an old movie I know by heart. The actors and the setting change, but the plot is the same. I grew up in Venezuela and watched [Hugo Chávez](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRidQ53P4QBAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMTMvMDMvMDYvd29ybGQvYW1lcmljYXMvaHVnby1jaGF2ZXotdmVuZXp1ZWxhcy1wb2xhcml6aW5nLWxlYWRlci1kaWVzLWF0LTU4Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMTA1MDUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MzAyMjYmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTcyMzQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmCMd4mSYGhhlmVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) lead my once oil-rich country into chaos and misery. When [populist leaders](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRidQ53P0TfaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOC8wNi8yNS9vcGluaW9uL21leGljby1jb2xvbWJpYS1wb3B1bGlzbS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjEwNTA1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTMwMjI2Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTU3MjM0JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgjHeJkmBoYZZlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) like Chávez come to power, they are never fully satisfied with just being popular. As the historian Enrique Krauze has said, they want to be the messiahs of their homelands. Latin American strongmen tend to use the same strategy Chávez employed: Divide citizens into unconditional worshipers and enemies, attack the separation of government powers, put the justice system under their thumb, bully their critics and ignore the constitution. Populist autocrats persist until they achieve absolute power. They destroy everything that makes a democracy work. As a Venezuelan, I often worry about these problems in Latin America. And whenever I get distracted, reality pinches me awake again. The rise of President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has been another one of those wake-up calls. 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Bukele won a supermajority in his country’s National Assembly in February, a giant step toward attaining absolute power. And, last weekend, [Bukele’s party removed five constitutional court judges](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRidQ53P0T8aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2JzNDIuY29tL25ld3MvaW50ZXJuYXRpb25hbC91cy1leHByZXNzZXMtY29uY2Vybi1vdmVyLWVsLXNhbHZhZG9yLXZvdGUtdG8tcmVtb3ZlLWp1ZGdlcy8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMTA1MDUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MzAyMjYmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTcyMzQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmCMd4mSYGhhlmVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) and the attorney general, who had criticized his handling of the pandemic. The party immediately appointed five judges loyal to the president. Meanwhile, Bukele is promising solutions to real problems. And he has had results: Homicide rates, for example, have gone down during his short tenure. He has also supported poor Salvadorans with cash handouts that have been critical during the pandemic. Grillo traveled through the barrios of San Salvador and the nearby countryside, where he has long reported, to better understand the Bukele phenomenon. Why is he so popular? How did he rise so quickly? What are the costs of the Bukele presidency? [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-1) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRidQ53P0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjAxODEyJmxpPVRZJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1UWV8yMDIxMDUwNVcDbnl0QgpgjHeJkmBoYZZlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ For now, Bukele has succeeded in bringing peace to one of the most violent countries in the world — but at what cost? And, as Grillo notes, his peace could shatter at any moment. 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