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\n SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) \u2014 In 2021, the Biden administration turned down a meeting request with El Salvador\u2019s President Nayib Bukele on a trip to the U.S. capital, snubbing the self-proclaimed \u201cworld\u2019s coolest dictator\u201d for fear a photo op would embolden his attempts to expand his power base. A little more than three years later, it\u2019s Washington that\u2019s courting Bukele. A high level delegation led by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and senior White House and State Department officials attended Bukele\u2019s inauguration in San Salvador on Saturday to a second term. The visit \u2014 unthinkable until recently \u2014 caps a quiet, 180-degree shift in U.S. policy toward the tiny Central American nation of 6 million that reflects how the Biden administration\u2019s criticisms of Bukele\u2019s strong-armed governing style have been overtaken by more urgent concerns tied to immigration \u2014 a key issue in this year\u2019s U.S. presidential election.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve realized what he\u2019s been doing works,\u201d Damian Merlo, an American adviser to Bukele who is registered to lobby on the Salvadoran government\u2019s behalf, said in an interview from El Salvador. \u201cIf the U.S. is serious about wanting to address the root causes of migration, then Bukele is someone who has actually done it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 42-year-old Bukele, who was re-elected with 85% of the vote, has been wildly popular at home for his frontal attack on powerful gangs, which has converted what was once the world\u2019s murder capital into one of Latin America\u2019s safest countries. The improvement in public security is credited with a more than 60% drop in migration from the Central American country to the U.S. since Bukele took office in 2019 \u2014 a stark contrast with a growing exodus of migrants from other parts of Latin America.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe conquered fear and today are truly a free nation,\u201d Bukele said in a speech Saturday to hundreds of supporters from the balcony of the National Palace after being sworn in for a second, five year term.<\/p>\n
Cured of what he called the \u201ccancer\u201d of gang violence, he said his next term would be devoted to strengthening El Salvador\u2019s economy, vowing to apply the same independent, unconventional approach that has characterized his rule and won him admirers from conservatives throughout Latin America. \u201cI\u2019m not here to do what others think I should do. I\u2019m here to do what\u2019s best for our country,\u201d he said.Until recently, Bukele\u2019s crackdown on the gangs \u2014 as well as political opponents \u2014 had drawn fire from Washington. A state of emergency originally declared in 2022 and still in effect has been used to round up 78,175 suspected gang members in sweeps that rights groups say are often arbitrary, based on a person\u2019s appearance or where they live. The government has had to release about 7,000 people because of a lack of evidence.After Biden took office, the U.S. sanctioned several of Bukele\u2019s top aides on allegations of corruption and shifted foreign assistance from government agencies to civil society groups highly critical of Bukele. In 2021, Vice President Kamala Harris said the U.S. has \u201c deep concerns about El Salvador\u2019s democracy ” after lawmakers loyal to Bukele removed several Supreme Court justices that were among the last check on the president\u2019s power. A few months later, the new justices lifted a constitutional ban on consecutive re-election, something the State Department denounced as the outcome of \u201ca clear strategy to undermine judicial independence.\u201d<\/p>\n
The about face, observers say, started a little over a year ago when Biden sent William Duncan, a career diplomat, to San Salvador as U.S. Ambassador. Then, Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with El Salvador\u2019s Foreign Minister Alexandra Hill in Washington. Bukele, a gifted communicator who in the past praised former President Donald Trump and cozied up to China, has also avoided direct confrontation although he still managed to ruffle feathers when he attended a conservative political gathering outside Washington earlier this year. \u201cMigration trumps everything else,\u201d said Michael Shifter, a former president of Inter-American Dialogue in Washington. \u201cThe ideal Latin American partner would be effective in its security policy while respecting human rights norms and practices and cooperating with the U.S. on migration. But rarely do all these desirable things go together, which poses tough choices for U.S. policymakers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shifter said that such a high-level delegation like the one in El Salvador is rarely sent to presidential inaugurations, even of the U.S.\u2019 closest allies in the region. Besides Mayorkas, it includes Brian Nichols, the assistant secretary of state for the Western Hemisphere, and Daniel Erikson, Biden\u2019s top national security adviser on Latin America. Six members of congress, including three Democrats and Trump loyalist Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, are also attending. <\/p>\n
Mayorkas met with Bukele on the eve of his inauguration to discuss migration, public security and ways to strengthen the fight against narcotics trafficking.\u201cI want to express the United States\u2019 dedication to supporting the growth and prosperity of El Salvador through continued bilateral cooperation,\u201d Mayorkas said in a message on social media.The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But Ricardo Zuniga, a retired U.S. diplomat who handled migration talks with Central America in the early days of the Biden administration, said the U.S. may come to regret its recent embrace of Bukele. \u201cBukele will be in power for many years to come, so you need to have a working relationship,\u201d said Zuniga, who was the principal deputy assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs until his retirement last fall. \u201cBut you also have to be clear eyed. This is an authoritarian government ruled by a single party that is not sympathetic to U.S. strategic interests.\u201d___Goodman reported from Miami.<\/p>\n
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