El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, an ally of President Trump, scored a Friday win after the country's lawmakers passed constitutional amendments eradicating term limits.

The measure was passed in a 57-3 vote just one year after Bukele broke with the law setting term limits by saying he would seek a second term as president.

The nation's Supreme Court ruled in 2021 it was his right to run again, foreshadowing the actions by lawmakers.

"This is quite simple, El Salvador: only you will have the power to decide how long you wish to support the work of any public official, including your president," said elected official Ana Figueroa, who proposed the bill,

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