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El Salvador's War on MS-13: Nayib Bukele Goes Hard

2024/6/11
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Sean Williams: 本期节目探讨了萨尔瓦多总统奈伊布·布凯勒的强硬政策,以及这种政策在降低凶杀率的同时,也引发了对人权和民主的担忧。布凯勒通过实施“例外状态”,大规模逮捕涉嫌帮派成员,有效降低了犯罪率,但也导致了大规模监禁、侵犯人权等问题。他的政策在萨尔瓦多国内外都引发了激烈的争议,支持者认为其维护了社会治安,反对者则批评其独裁和侵犯人权。 节目中还回顾了萨尔瓦多的历史,解释了帮派问题的根源,以及布凯勒政府与帮派之间复杂的关系。布凯勒曾与帮派达成秘密协议,以换取其合作,但该协议最终破裂,导致了新的暴力浪潮。布凯勒的政策也包括对司法系统的改革,以及对选举地图的重新划分,这些措施进一步加剧了对民主的担忧。 此外,节目还讨论了布凯勒政府的腐败问题,以及国际社会对萨尔瓦多局势的反应。布凯勒的受欢迎程度仍然很高,这与萨尔瓦多人民对安全和稳定的渴望有关。然而,他的政策也引发了对长期稳定性的担忧,以及对人权和民主的持续侵蚀。 Danny Gold: 我在萨尔瓦多生活和工作多年,亲眼目睹了帮派暴力对当地居民生活的影响。布凯勒的政策虽然有效降低了凶杀率,但也付出了巨大的代价。大规模监禁、侵犯人权、新闻自由受限等问题,都令人担忧。 我理解萨尔瓦多人民对安全的渴望,但布凯勒的做法过于极端,并且可能导致更严重的长期后果。他的政府存在严重的腐败问题,并且对异见声音的压制也日益严重。虽然短期内,他的政策可能带来了一些积极的改变,但从长远来看,这种铁腕统治模式并不具有可持续性,并且可能导致萨尔瓦多陷入新的危机。 我呼吁国际社会关注萨尔瓦多的人权状况,并对布凯勒政府施加压力,要求其尊重人权和民主原则。只有通过和平、公正和透明的方式解决帮派问题,才能实现萨尔瓦多的长期稳定和发展。

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Nayib Bukele's aggressive tactics against gangs in El Salvador have significantly reduced the homicide rate, but his methods and the underlying issues with gang violence are complex and controversial.

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Since 2019, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has smashed the country’s two main gangs, MS-13 and Barrio 18, throwing almost 80,000 people into megaprisons and implementing a harsh but effective “state of exception,” aka martial law. Murder rates have plummeted and, for the first time in years, Salvadorans can live without the fear of violence, extortion, or death.

But the sneaker-wearing “world’s coolest dictator” has also gerrymandered El Salvador’s political map, silenced the press, and packed out the judiciary with sycophants and wallflowers. And as human rights NGOs cry foul, Bukele has gone full-tilt, telling citizens not to call him a dictator, but a “philosopher king.” Is his fragile peace about to come crashing down?

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