El Salvador's Bukele open to staying in power for 10 more years


El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele arrives to take part in a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Sky City, a logistics and aviation hub, at the Monsenor Oscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, December 16, 2025. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

SAN SALVADOR, Dec 29 (Reuters) - El ‌Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, who came to power in 2019 ‌and is now serving a second term which critics have called ‌unconstitutional, said he was open to staying in power for another decade.

"If it were up to me, I would stay for 10 more years," Bukele said in a video interview ‍published by Spanish YouTuber TheGrefg on Monday. ‍He noted that he had initially ‌agreed with his wife that he would leave politics in 2029.

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