On October 17, 2021, the Salvadoran people returned to the streets to denounce the government of President Nayib Bukele. With an estimated four thousand protesters, this demonstration registered as the second most significant and massive, coming just weeks after the march that brought out at least ten thousand on September 15 of this year.

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