Through quiet diplomacy, Russia may be courting the rising star of Latin American populism, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele. In time, he must decide between international respectability and a bear hug from Vladimir Putin.
Author: Luis Eduardo Gutiérrez
Luis Eduardo Gutiérrez is a research, intelligence and policy analyst based in London who has previously worked for UNICEF and Innopolítica in Latin America, and contributed to El Espectador as a guest columnist.
Latin American governments have barely denounced the Russian attack on Ukraine, partly for lingering distrust of the United States. But there is also a regional misperception of Russia as a new Soviet Union and friend of “lesser nations” struggling for betterment.