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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on December 1, 2024. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele (pictured) has referred to himself as the "coolest dictator in the world"?
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Troll Center case	4,305	4,305	183	183
Expulsion from the FMLN	8,709	8,709	368	368
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Presidency	18	196,514	0	6,494
Inaugurations	4,680	4,680	172	172
Crime and prisons	4,593	58,587	202	2,066
Territorial Control Plan	14,808	14,808	501	501
Alleged gang negotiations	8,694	8,694	391	391
Gang crackdown	30,492	30,492	972	972
Political crises	9,372	9,372	257	257
COVID-19 pandemic	13,220	13,220	498	498
Economy	17	26,403	0	1,026
Adoption of bitcoin	16,064	16,064	629	629
Economic Plan	10,322	10,322	397	397
Foreign policy	10,966	27,865	386	986
Relations with the United States	11,993	11,993	364	364
Relations with China	4,906	4,906	236	236
Alleged governmental corruption	9,517	9,517	335	335
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Municipal and legislative reductions	9,855	9,855	245	245
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Emigration	1,728	1,728	106	106
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Hosting of international events	5,697	5,697	242	242
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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 14:40, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Nayib Bukele in 2019

... that during the presidency of Nayib Bukele (pictured), El Salvador became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender?

Source: Pérez, Santiago; Ostroff, Caitlin (7 September 2021). "El Salvador Becomes First Country to Adopt Bitcoin as National Currency". The Wall Street Journal. San Salvador, El Salvador.

ALT1: ... that Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele (pictured) has referred to himself as the "coolest dictator in the world" on Twitter? Source: Youkee, Mat (26 September 2021). "Nayib Bukele Calls Himself the 'World's Coolest Dictator' – But Is He Joking?". The Guardian. San Salvador, El Salvador. ISSN 0029-7712.
ALT2: ... that Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele (pictured) is of Palestinian descent? Source: Ahren, Raphael (7 February 2019). "His Dad was an Imam, His Wife has Jewish Roots: Meet El Salvador's New Leader". The Times of Israel.
ALT3: ... that Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele (pictured) supports reunifying Central America? Source: "Nayib Bukele: "Centroamérica Debería Ser Un Solo País"" [Nayib Bukele: "Central America Should Be One Single Country"]. Contra Punto (in Spanish). 4 January 2024.
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Francis L. Sampson

Improved to Good Article status by PizzaKing13 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 7 past nominations.

PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 09:10, 28 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

That's quite the GA – good job. Review to come. charlotte ^👸♥ 05:53, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Nominated the day it was GAed, certainly long enough, copyvio checks return fine. All hooks are cited and interesting (Times of Israel is no consensus, but probably fine for this info), although I think ALT1 is the most interesting. Image has VRT and QPQ done. charlotte ^👸♥ 20:09, 30 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Citations

This article should be flagged for inadequate citations and biased language. 208.104.85.137 (talk) 10:03, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It should, I do notice it does not use up-to-date information and that presents the information in a biased way. 165.140.215.230 (talk) 15:28, 17 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Popularity and status of El Salvador's democracy

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Their comments should be excluded from assessments of consensus.

El Salvador is an electoral autocracy, not a democracy. Page 39 of V-DEM's 2023 Democracy Report reports that El Salvador is an electoral autocracy (similar to Russia, Belarus, Iraq, Lebanon, Bangladesh, Congo, and Egypt) and reports that El Salvador is "no longer a democracy". It was also remarkably easy to find widespresd controversy over the polling's accuracy. A majority report that they are afraid to criticize him. For instance: We don't state that Putin is widely popular in Russia (despite similar numbers within an electoral autocracy) and we shouldn't mention it in other articles about electoral autocracies. SickNWristed (talk) 14:43, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is an entire section covering Bukele's popularity and it is frequently mentioned in RS's as a notable feature of his presidency. It is not unprecedented to mention approval in the lead. See Dina Boluarte. PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 19:48, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]