Analysis-Leader for life? El Salvador's Bukele headed that way, critics say

FILE PHOTO: El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele leaves after delivering a speech to mark the first year of his second term in office, in San Salvador, El Salvador June 1, 2025. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas/File Photo

(Reuters) -There was no shortage of warning signs that El Salvador President Nayib Bukele would attempt to stay in power indefinitely, his critics say.

There was the time Bukele stormed the legislative assembly with armed soldiers during his first year in office. Or a year after that, when his allies in the congress removed top Supreme Court judges and the attorney general and replaced them with Bukele loyalists.