Costa Rica, a tourist’s paradise and a country without a military, has historically been one of Central America’s strongest democracies, but times are changing. Last year, Costa Ricans elected Rodrigo Chaves, a man fashioned in the mold of Donald Trump, as their new president. In office, Chaves has attacked his political opponents, focusing particularly on the media and universities, and he has harnessed the power of social media to push conspiracy theories and fake news. And, as of late June, Chaves had the fourth highest approval rating—71%—of any public official in the world. Chaves’s popularity is second in Latin America only to President Nayib Bukele in El Salvador, another Trumpian outsider who has ruled with an iron fist under a state of exception for the past year and a half. While Bukele’s government has consolidated power and jailed tens of thousands of alleged gang members, including many innocent citizens who have been caught in the dragnet, crime has plummeted in El Salvador, Bukele’s approval rating is sky high, and his model of authoritarian governance is spreading, worryingly, to other countries in the region, from Costa Rica to Honduras. From Costa Rica, TRNN contributor and Latin America-based journalist Michael Fox reports.
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Your MSM propaganda is so obvious its comedic.
Por favor Dios sii no mas corrupcion no mas narcos no mas delincuencia ! Vamos Costa Rica si se puede 🇨🇷â¤ï¸
I hope Bukeles can be an influencer in Argentina
El Salvador is authoritarian ?!?! really ?!?! it's an example of democracy !
God bless you patriot, America can't wait for our true president to come back,,,Donald J Trump 🇺🇲🇺🇲â¤ï¸â¤ï¸
You need authority to stop the gangs.
If you listen to how described what is going on well fine by our president but for this report to make sense well you have to be Salvadorean live or lived in our f ,up your opinion now pointless because salvadoreans chose bukele and love bukele go talk crap to Nicaragua or venezuela maybe you can get more audience
The fatherland of my people and all of central america are being liberated from Zionist and American controlled politicians
El Salvador doesn't have an authoritarian model ….. rather a model of democracy ….. this channel is called "real news" really ?!?!
It is not so funny to have crime and corruption and narcoterrorismo it's very bad things
Chaves and Bukele have the overwhelming support of their population. Who else can say the same?
Public education and the welfare state is a disease. The viewpoint of TRNN is pure trash.
Authoritarism can work if the person in charge truly has good intentions. Of course with power comes corruption unfortunately. But it worked for Singapore.
Don't want to go to prison don't do the crime. We could see the same thing here in the US if you know who is elected again.
This network is probably sponsored by George Soros. This network sole purpose is to discredit someone like president Bukele who’s doing a great job governing.
Supposed corruption 😂😂😂 thats rich. Trumpian is a compliment.
Disgrace of a News organization…
Vive Bukele. Pura vida to my Costa Rican brothers
Good
He is absolutely nothing like DT.
Highest popularity in the world with 71%?? You must have missed Philippines Duterte’s more than 90% approval…
Authoritarian? You people don’t know how the people of El Salvador suffer in the hands of this criminals.
"far right" yet 2 of those 3 have publicly stated that they are leftists, HAHAHA "real" news
Hold on everybody let me pull out my handy dandy translator…
1. Gut public services = tell lazy people who are capable of working to not live off others.
2. Attacking public education = defunding left wing professors who teach communism.
3. The far right isn't over = people got fed up with liberal policies that increase crime and make the economy so bad that people can't get a job or afford to live.
This Media is associated with THE DRUG CARTEL, TERRORIST, GANGS, etc……
MR BUKELE RE ELECTION IS TOTALLY LEGAL BEACAUSE HIGHT COURT RULLING TODAY WHO CLAIM IS ILEGAL IS PEOPLE N THE OTHER PARTYS BUT BEFORE FMLN N ARENA BOTH BIG PARTYS BROKE LAW MANY TIMES BUT THEY DONT SAY NOTHING ABOUT THATA
If that Authoritarian then I love authoritarianism!
Good Job on making a dent in this mess!
Very inspiring.
Praying for continuity and growth in participation for justice, for fewer victims, and for the safety of children who deserve to be cared for by safe adults and healthy surroundings.
The “real news†network lol
I wanted to leave a comment for "The Real News Network" for calling the president "authoritarian" in Vietnamese; Phuc Yu
Authoritarian my 🥚🥚😂😂
Well done El Salvador 👊👊
Well done Costa Rica 👊👊
Well done Honduras 👊👊
The so-called Human Rights, the so-called international community and their so-called ONGs (protectors of criminals and corrupt politicians) can go to hell.
Well done people from El Salvador, remember this when you are united no one, and I mean no one can manipulate you.
Stay strong and United El Salvador 👊
Uh oh, he's "far right". That means they don't like him. If he was "far left" they'd kiss his. Let the people have him, if he's bad, they can blaim themselves.
If he’s sitting at the world economic forum… you cannot compare him to trump one bit… that is a false comparison. The people at the WEF are about as far left as it gets.
This video is made from the far left communist dictators 💵
Reporter, “Bukele has jailed almost 70,000 peopleâ€. Those are all gang members. Pretty hard to prove you’re not a gang member when you have MS-13 tattoos from head to toe.
Trump MAGA is the Best American president since Franklin D. Roosevelt. The media is trying to destroy him. People are waking up all over the world. It’s the beginning of the end for devil worshippers ,death merchants and slave masters.
I get why everyone wants change and it's great to see crime drop. But let's not forget the value of our freedom. Turning to authoritarian measures might seem good short-term, but it can lead to even bigger issues in our government, judiciary, and police. Democracy and rule of law are crucial. The victories we're seeing now might be fleeting. We need to be cautious of the leaders we're putting in power globally. Evil has a way of finding new masks.