00:00 President Nayib Bukele wins El Salvador's national elections in a landslide, becoming
00:06 the first Salvadoran president in almost a century to be re-elected.
00:11 Bukele's New Ideas Party captures at least 58 positions in El Salvador's 60-seat legislative
00:16 assembly.
00:18 Speaking from the balcony of the National Palace, Bukele tells his supporters to anticipate
00:22 what his administration will do in the next five years.
00:26 With his re-election, Bukele's opponents fear he would use his unprecedented power
00:31 to overhaul El Salvador's constitution and scrap term limits.
00:35 Extreme poverty has doubled and private investment has tumbled under Bukele, who came to power
00:40 in 2019.
00:43 Rights groups say El Salvador's democracy is under attack.
00:47 Bukele has taken such concerns in stride, at one point changing his profile on Ecstasy,
00:52 coolest dictator.
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