Presidential candidate Nayib Bukele of the Great National Alliance (GANA) speaks during a news conference after the presidential election in San Salvador, El Salvador, February 3, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Expelled from the ruling leftist Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) and thwarted in trying to create his own party, Nayib Bukele forged his own path to victory as an outsider in El Salvador's presidential election.
Bukele, 37, a businessman and former mayor, had to search for a new political home after being ejected in 2017 from the FMLN for a allegedly breaking party rules.
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