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Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez is a Salvadoran politician who has served as the 43rd president of El Salvador since 2019.
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business · President of El Salvador since 2019 · politician · businessperson · mayor · also Nayib buke, Nayib Bukele, Nayib, Bukele, Armando Bukele Ortez, Bukele Ortez
Born 24 July 1981 · Q17712353
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2027· 1 entry
2026· 19 entries
“It represented the people’s fight for justice.”
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“They’ll want to move. They’ll pick up their own umbrellas and walk to the new market themselves.”
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“There’s enough money when no one steals.”
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“noble career that sought the truth”
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“dangerous American criminals”
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“wealth that could transform El Salvador”
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“s support would help El Salvador”
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“we will see who supports this reform and who will dare to argue that the constitution should continue to prohibit murderers and rapists from remaining in prison”
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Published video “Feliz cumpleaños Layla, mi hija mayor, luz de mis ojos. Te amo ❤️”.
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South China Morning Post: Nayib Bukele
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Published video “Ya despegó rumbo a Colombia el segundo avión con 50 toneladas”.
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Published video “Ya va en camino el primer avión hacia Colombia con las primeras 51 toneladas de ayuda humanitaria”.
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Published video “1X99”.
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Published video “El pueblo venezolano lleva en su corazón una fuerza que no se apaga ante ninguna adversidad”.
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Published video “Condecoración al contingente de ayuda humanitaria enviado a Venezuela”.
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Published video “El Aerocable ya es una realidad”.
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Published video “Hemos establecido un hospital de campaña en Venezuela...”.
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Published video “Hemos decidido enviar un séptimo avión con 120 especialistas para relevar a quienes más lo necesitan”.
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Published video “Esta tragedia también ha dejado a miles de niños enfrentando pérdidas irreparables...”.
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2025· 5 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “U.S President Donald Trump told El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele in April 2025 to build five more prisons in El Salvador to hold "homegrown" U.S. criminals.” True.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “A U.S. Congressman named "Jack Kimble" posted an apology on X for confusing Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador, with the name of a sex act” No Such Person.
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Bukele claimed that most independent journalists and media outlets were part of a supposed "global money laundering operation" ("operación mundial de lavado de dinero"), referring to the United States Agency for Internat
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At least 2,500 street vendors were evicted from downtown San Salvador as part of Bukele's economic revitalization plan
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Bukele remarked that he was "mistaken" ("equivocado") for having previously voted for the FMLN
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2024· 11 entries
Awarded Order of Juan Mora Fernández presented by Costa Rica (2024).
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Reported claimRated False. The video is from Split in Croatia, and the pyrotechnic display marked the 70th anniversary of a football team fan group. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “A video of fireworks filling the sky is from celebrations in El Salvador following the re-election of Nayib Bukele as president.” False. The video is from Split in Croatia, and the pyrotechnic display marked the 70th anniversary of a football team fan group..
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Snopes rated the claim “Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador, was reelected in early February 2024 with more than 87% of the votes.” False.
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India Today rated the claim “This video shows celebrations in El Salvador after Nayib Bukele’s reelection as president.” False.
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The Economist described Bukele as politically "hard right" and compared his policies and ideological views to Argentinian president Javier Milei, former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, and now-president of Chile José
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“a single cent of debt for current spending”
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“developed countries have re-election, and thanks to the new configuration of the democratic institution of our country, now El Salvador will too”
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One of the lowest in the Americas, although the factual accuracy has been contested
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Bukele offered to buy back billions of dollars worth of government bonds due by 2034
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El Salvador was the only country to abstain on an OAS resolution to condemn Ecuador for raiding the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas
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The Redacción magazine published the second of its two investigations against him, which found that his family land holding increased 12-fold during his first five years as president and that his family's wealth had incr
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2023· 2 entries
“s investment into bitcoin had broken even. In March 2024, he stated that El Salvador had made a 50-percent profit from bitcoin. Bukele mocked news-media outlets on Twitter, saying that there were”
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Celia Medrano described Bukele's positions on social issues as "flexible" ("flexibles") and a "liquid ideology" ("ideología líquida")
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2022· 2 entries
The last full year before the war against corruption was announced, Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index gave El Salvador a score of 33 out of 100 and ranked it 116th out of 180 countries
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Amnesty International stated that at least 22 Salvadoran journalists (most of whom worked for El Faro) had their phones tapped by the Salvadoran government using the Israeli Pegasus spyware
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2021· 4 entries
Awarded Time 100 (2021).
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Time named Bukele as one of the world's 100 most influential people
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That made bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador and promoted plans to build Bitcoin City
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Conference on 5 June 2021 that he would introduce a bill to the Legislative Assembly that would make bitcoin legal tender, saying that it would "generate jobs" and promote "financial inclusion" in the short term
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2020· 2 entries
To reduce the country's homicide rate, Bukele launched an investigation of El Faro for money laundering
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During the COVID-19 pandemic and in 2023 about his re-election campaign and gang crackdown, he has retained high job-approval ratings throughout his presidency
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2019· 4 entries
Awarded honorary degree (2019).
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Campaign: 2019 presidential election.
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Foreign Policy's Melissa Vida referred to Bukele as "El Salvador's Trump" and Jacobin's Hilary Goodfriend called him "the Donald Trump of Central America"
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Career landmark: President of El Salvador (2019).
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2018· 2 entries
“s life was at risk, and expressed opposition to abortion on demand. Shortly after becoming president, he opposed abortion under any circumstances. In an interview with Puerto Rican rapper Residente, Bukele said that”
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El Salvador cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan and recognized the People's Republic of China as China's legitimate government
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2017· 2 entries
Called on Bukele to not repeal the ban, citing environmental concerns
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Bukele was ousted from the FMLN
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2015· 3 entries
If the FMLN-led government reappointed Luis Martínez as the country's attorney general, describing Martínez as "a gangster, very corrupt, [and] the worst of the worst"
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Career landmark: Mayor of San Salvador (2015–2018).
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In a 2015 interview, Bukele said: "I am not a person who believes much in the liturgy of religions.
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2014· 1 entry
That he was an ally of the LGBT community, supported their civil rights, and opposed discrimination against LGBT individuals
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2013· 1 entry
When a Salvadoran woman known as "Beatriz" was denied an abortion despite doctors saying that she would die in childbirth, Bukele called those who denied her an abortion "fanatics" ("fanáticos")
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2012· 2 entries
Campaigned for the mayoralty of Nuevo Cuscatlán, a municipality in the department of La Libertad, part of the San Salvador metropolitan area
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Joined the FMLN and was elected mayor of Nuevo Cuscatlán
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2011· 1 entry
Bukele announced that he would enter politics as a member of the FMLN to break out of "his comfort zone" ("su zona de confort") as a businessman
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1999· 2 entries
Bukele established an advertising company and worked at another owned by his father, Armando Bukele Kattán
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Bukele founded the marketing company Obermet, also known as 4am Saatchi & Saatchi El Salvador, and was its president from 1999 to 2006 and from 2010 to 2012
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1992· 1 entry
That ended the Salvadoran Civil War, and the accords' only accomplishment was the addition of 24 seats to the legislature
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1981· 1 entry
Born 1981-07-24.
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1980· 1 entry
— in some of his speeches, and has called himself an "instrument of God" ("instrumento de Dios")
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1975· 1 entry
“show the world what we are capable of”
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