Honduran, Nicaraguan, Venezuelan leaders not invited to Salvadoran's swearing-in

FILE PHOTO: El Salvador's president-elect Nayib Bukele talks during the presentacion of downtown San Salvador Revitalization Project at the National Theater in San Salvador, El Salvador April 2, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador's incoming president Nayib Bukele said on Tuesday he would not be inviting the leaders of Honduras, Nicaragua and Venezuela to his June 1 inauguration after criticizing them as illegitimate rulers.

In a Twitter post, the 37-year-old Bukele confirmed news reports that invitations were not being extended to Juan Orlando Hernandez, president of neighbouring Honduras, Daniel Ortega, president of Nicaragua, or Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.