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el salvador perspectives skip to main content search this blog el salvador perspectives news history culture and analysis of el salvador and the salvadoran people about the blog the book list the movie list newsletter more posts el salvador perspectives has moved get link facebook x pinterest email other apps march 17 2026 new articles for el salvador perspectives will now be found on substack go here and be sure to subscribe to receive each new post this site will remain up as the archives of 21 years of documenting life and news in el salvador post a comment keep reading nayib bukele at shield of the americas meeting get link facebook x pinterest email other apps march 10 2026 nayib bukele was one of the latin american leaders who accepted donald trump s invitation to attend an inaugural meeting of the shield of the americas at the trump owned doral golf course in miami it was a convening of a dozen politically aligned conservative led countries in the americas saying they would work together to combat drug trafficking trump has had a focus on drug cartels and gangs in latin america as a justification for many of his actions in the region including the capture of maduro in venezuela blowing boats out of the water off the coast of south america and closing us borders to asylum seekers trump want his allies in the region to permit the us military and their own militaries to act freely in pursuit of those who get labelled narco terrorists al jazeera reported but as he signed a declaration to cement that commitment trump signalled that it came with the expectation that cartels would not be confronted with law enforce post a comment keep reading recent news get link facebook x pinterest email other apps february 14 2026 san salvador fire a collection of recent news from el salvador fire in san salvador claims five lives in historic district blaze tico times feb 14 2026 a major fire in the historic center of san salvador killed five as it tore through warehouse space business and residences the burned out block is two blocks south of plaza libertad part of the zone gradually being gentrified into a tourist destination by the current government more at edh shakira s 5 show el salvador residency fuels bukele s push to remake the country s image ap feb 13 2026 a five concert residency by singer songwriter and superstar shakira in el salvador s capital builds on nayib bukele s years long effort to use events such as surfing competitions and the miss universe pageant to mold the central american country s international image as a safe tourist destination trump to host latin american leaders in miami on march 7 afp feb 12 2026 donald trump wi post a comment keep reading bukele and bitcoin how s it going get link facebook x pinterest email other apps february 13 2026 the price of bitcoin this morning was around 67 250 down 45 from its high above 120 000 in october this represented a decline of roughly 300 million in the value of the country s bitcoin reserves in just four months in an article titled fall in bitcoin puts pressure on el salvador s debt and complicates the relationship with the imf bloomberg suggests that this fall in value of the volatile crypto currency and the corresponding decline in el salvador s reserves may be causing international investors to question the country s finances when the bukele government finally reached agreement with the imf on the terms of the 1 4 billion loan facility in december 2024 the imf required el salvador to undo the law which made bitcoin legal tender in the country and to sell off the government s bitcoin wallet chivo the country promised not to increase its exposure to bitcoin risks in a staff statement on december 22 2025 post a comment keep reading prisons and prayers get link facebook x pinterest email other apps february 08 2026 over the last month nayib bukele has been attributing public security in el salvador to either mass incarceration or a miracle from god for those who pray presidential visit to costa rica bukele traveled to alajuela costa rica on january 14 to join president rodrigo chaves for the groundbreaking for a new prison the month before in december 2025 chaves had visited the cecot prison in el salvador to see bukele s most famous incarceration site bukele laid the first stone in the groundbreaking ceremony for costa rica s new centro de alta contención del crimen organizado cacco a maximum security prison bukele has said that el salvador sent the cecot architectural plans to chaves so the new prison could use them as a model in remarks at the groundbreaking for cacco bukele told those assembled that the only way to resolve a nation s crime problem was through the use of force the trip came three weeks before presidential elections in costa rica post a comment keep reading new one sided us el salvador trade agreement get link facebook x pinterest email other apps february 01 2026 last week el salvador and the us signed a new trade agreement el salvador agreed to a number of measures designed to make it easier for us producers to get their goods into the central american country in return for removing the 10 tariff trump imposed in the spring of last year one provision involved opening up access to minerals in el salvador to the us according to reuters the united states and el salvador signed an agreement on thursday aimed at encouraging investment in the exploration and export of critical minerals which u s president donald trump has described as essential to economic and national security the deal signed in washington would allow u s companies to operate across the critical minerals supply chain in el salvador bukele has highlighted the presence in el salvador of minerals such as rhenium and silicon recently added to an expanded u s list of critical minerals that guides washington s priorities for clean energy defense and manu post a comment keep reading salvadorans generally optimistic at beginning of 2026 get link facebook x pinterest email other apps january 30 2026 the institute of public opinion at the uca has released its annual public opinion poll regarding salvadorans views of the current reality in their country in short they continue to be optimistic and give the credit to nayib bukele 61 believe the country is better than it was the year before 41 8 believe their families economic situation will improve in 2026 while only 13 believe it will deteriorate 70 3 said hope when asked whether they have hope or fear for the future of the country 31 say their families economic situation has improved while only 13 5 say it worsened 62 7 believe that public security is the best thing which is occurring in el salvador right now 81 7 believe that crime was reduced in the past year the economy is the one area where salvadorans find reasons for concern 44 9 say that the economy is the major problem facing the country 63 8 believe the cost of living has gone up 20 4 would want to leave the country i 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