On February 4, 2024, President Nayib Bukele secured a thumping reelection in El Salvador, receiving an astonishing 85 percent of the vote. His victory signals the consolidation of an unprecedented sociopolitical trans­formation in Latin America. Not long ago, El Salva­dor was consid­ered to be one of the most dangerous countries on the planet, on par with war-ravaged Syria and Somalia. Today, El Salvador’s homicide rate rivals the likes of Canada…