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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...




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