Salvadoran President Accuses US of Supporting ‘Communist’ Opposition

The president of El Salvador on Dec. 12 accused the U.S. government of funding the “communist” opposition against him in order to destabilize his government. “US taxpayers should know that their government is using their money to fund communist movements against a democratic elected (and with a 90% approval rating) government in El Salvador,” President Nayib Bukele, who won the presidential election in 2019, wrote on Twitter. “It’s not working though,” Bukele added, posting four pictures below his comment, including one aerial picture to purportedly show the protest against him on Dec. 12 wasn’t widely attended. Other footage and pictures of the Dec. 12 protest suggest it was more widely attended than what Bukele portrayed. The other pictures posted by Bukele include protesters holding U.S. flags and show nearby alleged supporters of the left-wing opposition party Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). The FMLN conducted guerrilla warfare against the U.S.-supported government …

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