Historias 36 – Mike Allison on the elections in El Salvador

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In this episode, professor of political science Michael Allison discusses  the February 3, 2019 presidential election in El Salvador. With Nayib Bukele from the GANA party emerging as the victor, Bukele is the first candidate since the end of the Civil War not from the two dominant political parties. Allison offers what this election means for not only El Salvador and Latin America, but the Americas as a whole. 

Historias 36 – Mike Allison

Additional resources:

Mike on twitter

Mike’s departmental webpage

Mike’s blog on Central American politics


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