Anti-government protests in El Salvador

By Nelson Renteria
Updated October 18 2021 - 9:37am, first published 9:31am
A burning effigy of El Salvador's president during the anti-government protest.
A burning effigy of El Salvador's president during the anti-government protest.

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in El Salvador to air a range of complaints against President Nayib Bukele, from adopting Bitcoin as legal tender to firing Supreme Court judges in a move viewed by critics as a power grab.

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