Manila, Feb. 14 -- This week, El Salvador's popular and controversial president, Nayib Bukele, was re-elected by a landslide majority. A stunning 82.66 percent of or 2.7 million of the 3.2 million voters in the said country cast their vote in his favor. His opponents, Manuel Flores and Joel Sanchez, only got 6.25 percent and 5.44 percent, respectively.

Bukele's victory comes as no surprise to many; he is widely popular among his countrymen. His aggressive crackdown on El Salvador's gangs endeared him to many who had long suffered from the pernicious effects of these vicious elements of society. His critics, however, have been harping about his alleged "authoritarian" tendencies. During the elections, his political rivals pointed out how ...