Donald Trump criticizes the policies of Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador, accusing him of exporting crime to the United States. Bukele, who is praised by his population and neighboring countries for his economic policies and the drastic reduction in homicides, chooses to react soberly.
Trump denounces Bukele's policies
Since Nayib Bukele came to power in El Salvador, a lot has changed in the country. In addition to adopting BTC as legal tender alongside the dollar, the country is experiencing a significant boom in its economy, tourism and exports.
El Salvador's gross domestic product (GDP) has been increasing since the 1970s, with a sharp acceleration since the Covid-19 period and the arrival of Nayib Bukele to power. His policies, Although criticized by most Western media, he is praised in Latin America and highly appreciated by the Salvadoran population, Bukele's popularity currently exceeds 90%..
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At his last political rally, Donald Trump said that if crime was increasing in his country, but decreasing in most regions, it would mainly be because the world's criminals were being pushed to emigrate to the United States.
He takes the example of El Salvador and describes Nayib Bukele as a manipulator:
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“Over there in El Salvador, murders have gone down 70%! Why have they gone down? Now he wants to convince you that it's because he trained the murderers to be great people. Murders have gone down because they send their murderers to the United States of America.”
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Then the US presidential candidate added that he and his party were planning a large-scale deportation operation:
“This is going to go very badly, and bad things are going to happen, and you see it happening all the time. That's why, to keep our families safe, the Republican Party is promising to launch the largest deportation operation in the history of our country.”
First of all, The homicide rate in El Salvador has not decreased by 70% but by 93.3% since 2019, going from 36 murders per 100,000 inhabitants to 2.4 in 2023and 97.7% since 2015, when 105 murders per 100,000 inhabitants were recorded.
For information, The homicide rate in the United States was 5 per 100,000 people in 2023a figure that has never fallen below 4 since 1960, reaching up to 10 during the 1980s.
Furthermore, while it may be true that some gang members have left El Salvador for neighboring countries and the United States, Bukele's government said in January 2024 that it had imprisoned 75,163 gang members, seized more than 7,000 vehicles, 18,000 phones, 3,600 firearms, and more than 32,000 kilograms of drugs worth $709 million..
To Donald Trump's accusations, Nayib Bukele replied “Taking the high road”choosing not to engage in a public quarrel and maintaining a diplomatic stance.
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In recent years, El Salvador has embraced Bitcoin, adopting it as legal tender and by teaching its operation to children, adolescents and students in the country.
The Salvadoran government continues its investments in Bitcoin and buys 1 BTC per day, holding 5,815 Bitcoins today, worth $370 million.
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Sources: Statista, Diario La Huella, mempool
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