Fears for democracy in El Salvador after president claims to be ‘coolest dictator’

US diplomat raises concerns after Nayib Bukele makes outlandish claim on Twitter and replaces judges to permit future re-election

The top US diplomat in El Salvador has warned of a decline in democracy" in the country, whose president, Nayib Bukele, recently changed his Twitter profile to read the coolest dictator in the world".

Speaking after the state department put five Salvadoran supreme court justices on a list of undemocratic and corrupt actors", the US embassy charge d'affaires in San Salvador said the action was taken because the justices voted to allow the president's re-election, which is clearly not allowed under the constitution".