Why 2019 Is a Critical Year for Central America
Why 2019 Is a Critical Year for Central America
By
Brendan O'Boyle
Carlos Dada, founder and director of El Faro, speaks to AQ on his country's coming election and what it means for the rest of the region.
This article is adapted from AQ’s print issue on piracy in Latin America
El Salvador votes for a president on Feb. 3, with a possible runoff in March. How has the campaign reflected changes in the country since the last election in 2014?
The two-party political system is broken. For the first time since the end of the war (in 1992), a candidate not running from the rightist ARENA or the leftist FMLN is ahead in the polls. That candidate is 37-year-old Nayib Bukele, whose...
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