Just getting started: El Salvador’s president for life
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The Economist
4.4 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
First he came for the gangs; then, for his critics. Now Nayib Bukele has come for El Salvador’s constitution, and there is little to stop him staying in office indefinitely. America’s paltry fertility numbers show a counterintuitive pattern: births are falling fastest where they were once highest. And France’s Provence region becomes a brand unto itself.
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| 1:05.9 | America has a worrisome fertility rate, and the latest numbers show a curious pattern. |
| 1:11.6 | The baby making has fallen most in the places where it used to be the highest. |
| 1:18.6 | And lots of people know that the south of France, and for whatever reason you have to say it that way, not southern France, |
| 1:24.6 | is a delightful place to visit. But the region of |
| 1:28.3 | Provence has become something more. It's not just a destination, it's a lifestyle brand. |
| 1:42.4 | First up, though. When Naïbe Buckele won El Salvador's presidential election in 2019, he was young, popular, |
| 2:00.0 | and both Salvadorans and neighbouring Latin Americans |
| 2:02.5 | could not get enough of him. |
| 2:08.2 | Mr. Poukele won the vote |
| 2:14.3 | with his promise to crack down on El Salvador's gangs |
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