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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Why El Salvador accepted US inmates in its mega-prison

    Salvadoran President and self-proclaimed “world’s coolest dictator” Nayib Bukele is cozying up to Trump. He’s viewed as a hero on the right for his mass carceral policies.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 17, 2025 • 1 min read

    Salvadoran President and self-proclaimed “world’s coolest dictator” Nayib Bukele is cozying up to Trump. He’s viewed as a hero on the right for his mass carceral policies.

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    Trump’s latest deportation efforts, TOKiMONSTA’s ‘Eternal Reverie’
    1. 0:00Trump defies court order to halt deportations of Venezuelans to El Salvador
    2. 12:53Why El Salvador accepted US inmates in its mega-prisonYou’re reading this
    3. 24:26Brown University doctor deported despite visa, court-ordered protection
    4. 34:01TOKiMONSTA on friendship, aphasia, being a ‘boundary-pushing’ LA artist
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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    Trump’s latest deportation efforts, TOKiMONSTA’s ‘Eternal Reverie’
    1. 0:00Trump defies court order to halt deportations of Venezuelans to El Salvador
    2. 12:53Why El Salvador accepted US inmates in its mega-prisonYou’re reading this
    3. 24:26Brown University doctor deported despite visa, court-ordered protection
    4. 34:01TOKiMONSTA on friendship, aphasia, being a ‘boundary-pushing’ LA artist
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