Nayib Bukele - 2025 ACF Nationals

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A 2024 article for Compact on this man’s “kingdom of dreams,” by Geoff Shullenberger, describes him using his slogan “the public should be better than the private” while opening a glassy National Library. This man worked with LaGeo (“lah HAY-oh”), a state-run geothermal company, on plans for a new financial instrument. During this leader’s tenure, a new “circular economy” in the surfing haven of El Zonte led to it gaining an alliterative (10[1])nickname. (10[1])This man’s country hosted 2023’s Miss Universe pageant. (10[2])This man, whose paternal grandparents left Mandatory Palestine, (10[4])oversees (10[1])a facility (10[5])known (10[2]-5[1])by the acronym (-5[1])CECOT. (10[2])This proponent of “volcano bonds” made Bitcoin legal tender in his country after cracking down (10[1])on violent gangs such as MS-13. For 10 points, what man has indefinitely detained migrants flown out of the US as president of El Salvador? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Nayib Bukele [or Nayib Armando Bukele Ortiz] (El Zonte is now known as “Bitcoin Beach.” CECOT abbreviates “Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo.”)

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2025 ACF Nationals	Yes	20	100%	0%	10%	89.15