UPDATE 6-El Salvador's Bukele re-elected as president in landslide win

March 22, 2024

"El Salvador went from being the most unsafe (country) to the safest. Guadalupe Guillen, a 55-year-old shopkeeper, showed up at the victory party dressed in a tunic and Arab scarf, a nod to Bukele's Palestinian family heritage. El Salvador's Supreme Electoral Tribunal last year permitted him to run for a second term even though the country's constitution prohibits it. Rights groups have said El Salvador's democracy is under attack. The IMF, which is negotiating a $1.3 billion bailout with El Salvador, in late 2023 described the country's fiscal situation as "fragile."