The US endorsed laws recently approved in El Salvador that will allow President Nayib Bukele to remain in power indefinitely.
The backing is part of broader plans by Washington to temper criticism of the Central American nation as well as Israel and Russia, as US President Donald Trump rethinks his country’s role in “global human rights advocacy,” The Washington Post reported.
Although the Trump administration says El Salvador has committed no human rights abuses in its campaign against organized crime, experts have noted that thousands have been jailed without a trial. As long as Trump remains in the White House, however, Bukele feels he has “free rein,” a Human Rights Watch expert told El País.
