🇸🇻 Bukele Builds Power Through Symbolism

El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele is using the remains and legacy of Francisco Morazan in a new political project, according to the report. The piece says Bukele, sword in hand, is reviving Latin America’s tradition of political exhumations and that a new crypt is meant to project his power across Central America.

When a ruler leans on tombs, heroes, and spectacle, it usually signals a bid to consolidate authority beyond normal institutions. In a region shaped by weak states and strongmen, symbolic power often masks deeper structural fragility.

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