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🗓️ 22 May 2025
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El Salvador was once the murder capital of the world. Now under President Nayib Bukele, it’s safer than Canada. But with 2% of its population locked up -- what is the real cost of this newfound safety?
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1:00.9 | We didn't tolerate being told what to do. |
1:05.3 | In doing so, we did the unthinkable against all adversity. |
1:10.7 | We transform us Salvador from the most dangerous country in the world to the safest in the Western Hemisphere. |
1:13.1 | This is on point. I'm Magna Chakrabardi. And that is El Salvador's president, Naib Buckele. |
1:19.5 | He was speaking at the conservative political action conference in Washington, D.C. on February 22nd, |
1:26.6 | 2004. Prior to Bikale's presidency, El Salvador was... Washington, D.C. on February 22nd, 2024. |
1:34.8 | Prior to Bacali's presidency, El Salvador was the so-called murder capital of the world. |
1:48.2 | In 2015, the country suffered 6,656 homicides that translates to a murder rate of 104 per 100,000 Salvadorans. Compare that to the U.S., which had a 2015 murder rate of just under five per 100,000 people, according to the FBI. |
1:55.7 | Bukali took office in 2019. Three years later, 2022, the number of homicides dropped to just 495. The next year, |
2:05.4 | in 2023, it was down to 214. And in 24, it was a record low of 114, or just 1.9 murders per 100,000 |
2:16.1 | people, much lower than the U.S. rate last year, which hovered around 5, or actually above 5 murders per 100,000 people. |
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