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For a brief period of time in the 1820s, a leader named Simón Bolívar created an embryonic United States of Latin America. It was called Gran Colombia. https://t.co/84ItMOcJ4q History is running in reverse. So it’s possible a new Bolivar emerges. And this time, he could be successful. The century is still young, but I think the next Bolivar may be @nayibbukele. Because he didn’t simply inherit a functional state. He built it from scratch. And he did it without budget, without track record, in the most inhospitable environment you could imagine. So, even as praised as he is, President Bukele is still underrated. I mean, everyone is talking about state capacity, but El Salvador presents the most important case study in the Western Hemisphere. A model for achieving peace and unity in a multi-ethnic country after decades of civil strife. A model that could be important.