The Biden administration has sent a high-level delegation to El Salvador to attend President Nayib Bukele's inauguration to a second term. The delegation led by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is a sharp break from the White House's past criticism of Bukele's strong-armed governing style.
A supporter of El Salvador ’s President Nayib Bukele , wearing a mask depicting him, poses for a photo outside the National Library prior to his inauguration for a second term in San Salvador, El Salvador , Saturday, June 1, 2024. Supporters of El Salvador ’s President Nayib Bukele line up outside of the National Palace prior to his inauguration for a second term in San Salvador, El Salvador . Saturday, June 1, 2024.
“They’ve realized what he’s been doing works,” Damian Merlo, an American adviser to Bukele who is registered to lobby on the Salvadoran government’s behalf, said in an interview from El Salvador. “If the U.S. is serious about wanting to address the root causes of migration, then Bukele is someone who has actually done it.
After Biden took office, the U.S. sanctioned several of Bukele’s top aides on allegations of corruption and shifted foreign assistance from government agencies to civil society groups highly critical of Bukele. In 2021, Vice President Kamala Harris said the U.S. has “"after lawmakers loyal to Bukele removed several Supreme Court justices that were among the last check on the president’s power.
Shifter said that such a high-level delegation like the one in El Salvador is rarely sent to presidential inaugurations, even of the U.S.’ closest allies in the region. Besides Mayorkas, it includes Brian Nichols, the assistant secretary of state for the Western Hemisphere, and Daniel Erikson, Biden’s top national security adviser on Latin America. Six members of congress, including three Democrats and Trump loyalist Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, are also attending.
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