Bukele’s obsession with comparing El Salvador to Mexico

The World

The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, likes to needle Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum about the high levels of violence in her country compared to his. But Bukele had a Snow White moment on Wednesday when he asked and tweeted the response of the chatbot Grok: “Hey Grok, who is the most popular president in the world?” The answer: “Sheinbaum.” The World’s Host Marco Werman speaks with Veronica Ortiz-Ortega, a columnist and podcast host at El Heraldo de México and former head of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations.

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