Opponents take to the streets of El Salvador to protest against Bukele on Independence Day

Daniel Stewart - Yesterday 

Several NGOs, unions and opposition groups have marched this Thursday through the streets of the capital of El Salvador, San Salvador, to protest against the president, Nayib Bukele, on the day in which the Central American nation celebrates Independence Day.


Opponents take to the streets of El Salvador to protest against Bukele on Independence Day© Provided by News 360

The demonstration, called 'The great march for freedom', has gathered civil society agents, students, young people and relatives of people detained under the emergency regime.

In fact, the exception regime has been one of the central pillars of the mobilization. The Bukele government approved at the end of March a measure under which authorities have already confirmed the detention of more than 50,000 alleged criminals.

However, Bukele's decision has been criticized both by international human rights organizations and by the Salvadoran population itself, as they consider that arbitrary detentions have been committed under the emergency regime.

Likewise, the mobilization has also served as a protest against the high cost of living, massive layoffs in certain government offices or public indebtedness, according to the local newspaper 'La Prensa Gráfica'.