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Salvadoran here...

I'm kind of losing track of all the changes that have been happening recently here recently.

When most of the country wakes in about five hours, they will wake up with a new law that adds a new legal tender in 90 days.

The most detailed explanation of the plan, has been in a foreign language - English -, in a twitter space this midnight and a Bitcoin conference in Miami last Saturday.



Thank you. I was looking for a salvadorian to explain the situation. How is your president perceived by the general population ? He seems to have an interesting personality



I'll try to be neutral:

A recent poll by the UCA University shows that he is perceived as a positive change[1] by 87.5% of the sample / general population. [2]

[1] The previous government was unpopular.

[2] https://m.dw.com/es/uca-el-salvador-mayor%C3%ADa-aprueba-ges...

The government's most popular measures so far are the vaccine roll out plan (best in Central America), the food packages distributed during the pandemic and gifting a laptop to every high school student. Stimulus checks came some months but were available for many businesses and employees.

Part of his popularity comes from a well planned media strategy that includes multiple traditional and social media channels.

Radio, tv, government owned media, government controlled media, twitter, tiktok, facebook, instagram, official government social media, new state owned newspaper, new state owned news program, social media influencers, youtubers, memes. [4] I would say that 2/3 of every trending topic I see is government related. [3]

Criticism comes from many organizations which are concerned about authoritarian tendencies.

A summary of the opposition point of view would be https://elfaro.net/en/202105/columns/25464/This-Is-How-a-Rep...

[3] Sample video of pro government twitter feed generated by twitter's default suggestions https://mobile.twitter.com/mxgxw_alpha/status/13984404587333...

[4] https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/05/25/bukele-aut...


Haha, meanwhile we're all jealous that your country can go from proposal to passed bill in 3 days. Imagine how much the USA could accomplish if congress worked that fast..


That's possible in the USA also, you just have to do that at the State and Local levels (which are comparable in population and ideological homogeneity with El Salvador anyway).

The USA isn't a unitary state, so it won't move as quickly as unitary states. It's a federal state that shares sovereignty with its constituent States, and the Federal government is necessarily slower than the State and local governments.

This is true of all federations, including Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Argentina, and Mexico.


Yes, what we need more than anything else is more laws - generated at a rapid rate.


OP posted a reply about why that might not be the best thing. Wonder why they deleted it.


Passing bills quickly is not typically a good sign. Look at North Korea for an extreme example.




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