Outsider wins election in El Salvador breaking country’s two-party system

cde.news desk 4 February 2019, 06:27 · 1 min read

epa07341782 Candidate of the GANA ('Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional' or Great Alliance for National Unity in english) party for the Presidency of El Salvador Nayib Bukele speaks during a press conference in San Salvador, El Salvador, 03 February 2019. According to media reports, Bukele leads with 53 percent of the votes in the presidential elections, with more than 70 percent of the total votes counted. EPA-EFE/ESTEBAN BIBA

Nayib Bukele, the 37-year-old former mayor of the capital, San Salvador, won 54 percent of votes with returns counted from 44 percent of polling stations. His two rivals from mainstream political parties conceded defeat.

Electoral authorities said they would declare definitive results within two days.

Bukele must now contend with U.S. President Donald Trump’s frequent threats to cut aid to El Salvador – as well as neighboring Guatemala and Honduras – if they do not do more to curb migration to the United States.

via Reuters

Topics El Salvador Elections Nayib Bukele

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