Conservative businessman Nayib Bukele takes office as president of El Salvador, tasked with turning around grinding poverty and rampant gang violence
Salvador's new president, Nayib Bukele , waves along with his wife Gabriela Rodriguez, during his inauguration ceremony at Gerardo Barrios Square outside the National Palace in downtown San Salvador, on June 1, 2019. Bukele, 37, who was elected in February to succeed Salvador Sanchez Ceren, has said he will seek closer ties with the United States, home to 2.5 million Salvadorans.
Bukele was sworn in by the speaker of the National Assembly in a square in downtown San Salvador, as a large, boisterous crowd applauded and shouted "We did it!" US President Donald Trump, who has railed against the waves of migrants flooding into his country from El Salvador as well as Honduras and Guatemala, wished Bukele well on Twitter.
Official estimates indicate an average of 200 Salvadorans leave the country per day to enter the United States without documents.
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