The Bukele Model: Mass Incarceration

Bukele's model is very popular according to public opinion surveys, as much inside as outside El Salvador. The fundamental reason for this is the eradication of gangs and the creation of a feeling of security in public spaces. The human cost is unmeasurable however: the mass arbitrary incarcera...

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Autore principale: Cardenal, Rodolfo 1950- (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Stampa Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: 2025
In: Concilium
Anno: 2025, Fascicolo: 3, Pagine: 54-62
Altre parole chiave:B Mass incarceration
B POOR people
B Fanaticism
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Riepilogo:Bukele's model is very popular according to public opinion surveys, as much inside as outside El Salvador. The fundamental reason for this is the eradication of gangs and the creation of a feeling of security in public spaces. The human cost is unmeasurable however: the mass arbitrary incarceration inhumane conditions of thousands of low-income people. 1 Institutionalised violence against the poor has dehumanised and alienated Salvadorian society, which has come to understand intolerance as justice. This popular derangement results in a type of extended idolatry, and this model offers a definitively false solution.
ISSN:0010-5236
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