How El Salvador’s Bitcoin-Loving President Won Over Wall Street

  • Investors have warmed to Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele
  • Central American nation’s debt has returned 19% this year
Nayib BukelePhotographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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For much of the four years since he won office, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has relished his role as an anti-establishment warrior.

He sacked judges, exited a regional anti-corruption pact, spurned the International Monetary Fund and adopted Bitcoin as legal tender. All the while, he seemed wholly indifferent to what foreign investors thought of him.