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Nayib Bukele

Arcs in the news about Nayib Bukele from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Person · 30 stories · 196 articles · earliest story we hold Feb 1, 2024

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Nothing ongoing. The last arc went quiet Aug 18.

All arcs0 named arcs in 2024

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Jan 29, 202446123
Feb 5, 202468834
Feb 19, 20241305
May 27, 20240216
Feb 3, 20251010555
Mar 10, 202535212
Mar 17, 2025816558
Mar 24, 202527632
Apr 7, 20250101
Apr 14, 202517349187
Apr 21, 202536327
May 5, 20252215
Jun 30, 202589442
Jul 14, 20252215
Jul 21, 20251237
Jul 28, 202551213
Apr 20, 20261001
Jul 13, 20260208
Sep 7, 2026411025
Sep 28, 20261001

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else5 stories in 2024 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Nayib Bukele that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Feb 20El Salvador's Bukele wins supermajority in Congress after painstaking vote count5 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 0 right
  2. Feb 1– 7Nayib Bukele’s popularity steers him toward an unprecedented second term as president of El Salvador38 articles · 30 independent sources
    5 left, 8 center, 8 right

Stories that name Nayib Bukele

  1. Jun 1US dampens criticism of El Salvador's president as migration overtakes democracy concerns6 articles · 6 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 1 right
  2. Feb 9The president seized 1% of El Salvador's population. Their children pay the consequences7 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 0 right
  3. Feb 3– 4El Salvador votes in presidential election that the 'world’s coolest dictator' has clear path to win19 articles · 19 independent sources
    3 left, 5 center, 1 right
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