FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2019 file photo, presidential frontrunner Nayib Bukele listens to a question during an interview, in San Salvador, El Salvador. Bukele, who won the election and is El Salvador’s president-elect, has agreed to pay $50,000 to a former government minister who sued him for slander. (Moises Castillo, File/Associated Press)SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador’s president-elect has agreed to pay $50,000 to a former government minister who sued him for slander. Despite initially saying he would not apologize, Nayib Bukele later did so before a judge. Chicas said he was satisfied Bukele had “finally accepted his responsibility.”Copyright 2019 The Associated Press.

Source: Washington Post March 07, 2019 22:18 UTC