Today, Explained

Listen, download, subscribe

Apple Podcasts

Google Podcasts

“The world’s coolest dictator”

That’s how El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele describes himself. Silvia Viñas from the news podcast El hilo explains how his victory this weekend is a blueprint for authoritarians looking to get reelected in a democracy. This episode was produced by Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• 

  Honey, We Saved the Bees

• 

  The TikTok “ban” is law

• 

  Columbia’s free-speech fight

• 

  Florida man wants immunity

• 

  Just in: Trudeau’s plan to fight populism

• 

  Feeling Bluey

• 

  The great American squatter panic

• 

  How car ownership got so expensive

• 

  Florida man’s first criminal trial begins

• 

  Why Iran attacked Israel

• 

  America at war, now in theaters

• 

  Speaker Johnson's next test

• 

  Prosecuting parents

• 

  The man with a pig kidney

• 

  Is college still worth it?

• 

  The Sephora kids