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El Salvador elects its head of state, the President of El Salvador, directly through a fixed-date general election whose winner is decided by absolute majority. If an absolute majority is not achieved by any candidate in the first round of a presidential election, then a run-off election is conducted 30 days later between the two candidates who obtained the most votes in the first round.
Politics of El Salvador takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of El Salvador is both head of state and head of government, and of an executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Legislative Assembly.
El Salvador, once synonymous with violence and waves of emigration, saw a dramatic drop in crime. For many citizens, this shift offered more than just safety — it offered much needed hope. The ...
El Salvador's military high command (alto mardo) recognized this reality, and lent its considerable influence to the cause of continued PDC participation in government. The Christian Democrats had been brought into the juntas at the urging of reformist officers; by 1982 the PDC and the military had come to a practical understanding based on ...
The landslide re-election of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele was cheered by supporters of his gang crackdown, but has worried opponents who fear the country is sliding into a de facto one-party ...
[40] [50] [51] El Salvador declared war on Japan on 8 December and then later Germany and Italy on 12 December. [50] The government arrested German, Italian, and Japanese nationals and seized their land. [52] El Salvador never provided soldiers to directly fight in the war but it did send workers to maintain the Panama Canal. [53]
Magaña was inaugurated as president of El Salvador on 2 May 1982, the first civilian president since Arturo Araujo in 1931. [58] [59] The assumption of Magaña ended the rule of the Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador. [14] Duarte continued to serve in politics and became president in 1984 while Gutiérrez retired from military life ...
El Salvador’s government "made mistakes” in its war against the country’s gangs, but has never undermined the country’s democracy to consolidate power, according to the man likely to be ...