Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez

Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez is a PhD candidate in Political Science at Harvard University. His writing has appeared in the Journal of Democracy, Slate, and the Washington Post. He was born and raised in El Salvador.

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El Salvador

Bukele Has Defeated El Salvador’s Gangs—for Now. How? And What Does It Mean for the Region?

Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez Tue, Mar 28, 2023, 8:31 AM

Why has Nayib Bukele’s crackdown succeeded in “thwarting” criminal groups in El Salvador when so many others in the region have failed?

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El Salvador

What’s Behind the Spike of Violence in El Salvador?

Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez Mon, Apr 11, 2022, 10:32 AM

The country’s criminal groups have learned to play the politics of violence.

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