Bukele weaponizes hero's ashes to project power across Central America

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is using the exhumation and reburial of a national hero to consolidate political power, reviving a tradition of political exhumations in Latin America. The move signals an escalation in his authoritarian-style governance, leveraging nationalist symbolism to bolster his regional influence. The crypt project is a deliberate political statement, though its immediate market impact is minimal.