El Salvador President Nayib Bukele Registers for Reelection

(Bloomberg) -- El Salvador President Nayib Bukele registered as a candidate with the country’s electoral authority on Thursday night for February’s presidential election.

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“The Salvadoran people want us to continue for 5 more years, making the changes this country needs,” Bukele told supporters outside the electoral authority office.

El Salvador will hold presidential and legislative elections on Feb. 4 with a potential runoff scheduled for March 3 if no candidate wins more than half of the votes. Polls suggest Bukele is likely to win by a large margin.

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