The new oligarchs of El Salvador: How Bukele’s inner circle got rich

Ernesto Sanabria, press secretary to the government of President Nayib Bukele, is one of the most striking examples of the emergence in El Salvador of a new club of millionaires that has prospered under the umbrella of the controversial leader, who came to power presenting himself as an anti-politics messiah promising to restore dignity to the poor. Sanabria, whose wealth grew from $269,884 in 2019 — when Bukele took office — to more than $2 million in 2026, epitomizes the windfall that has descended like manna on Bukele’s inner circle of aides, loyalists, and family members.

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