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    Is El Salvador's millennial president a reformer or an autocrat?

    by Patrick J. McDonnell and Alexander Renderos, Los Angeles Times Feb 28, 2020 4 minutes

    SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - The media in El Salvador quickly dubbed it "9F."

    On Feb. 9, President Nayib Bukele walked into the Legislative Assembly flanked by dozens of police officers and soldiers armed with assault rifles and decked out in body armor and riot gear.

    The move was a pressure tactic to win approval of a $109 million loan for law enforcement and military equipment, which the president says is needed to continue a crackdown on gangs that has helped him earn approval ratings of more than 80%.

    But to older Salvadorans and much of the political establishment, the display of force triggered memories of civil war and raised

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