Although Latin America is home to several prominent politicians of Arab descent, perhaps no country in the region has had as many of Palestinian ancestry play such a key role in national politics as El Salvador. Salvadorans of multigenerational Palestinian descent have been tremendously influential in shaping the post-civil war political landscape of the small Central American country since 1992. Some key figures include Schafik Handal, who headed the Legislative Assembly from 1997 to 2006, Tony Saca who served as president from 2004-2009, and now Nayib Bukele who is looking at a second term a…

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