El Salvador Perspectives

Elections .  Final election results were announced by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal for the Legislative Assembly which did not change the results announced earlier.   Bukele's Nuevas Ideas party won 46 seats on its own and 10 seats in coalition with GANA.  From the coalition with GANA, 9 of the 10 deputies selected are Nuevas Ideas members, giving Bukele 55 seats in the 84 seat Legislative Assembly from his own party.  The Nuevas Ideas alliance with GANA brings the total to 61, well above the total needed to appoint the attorney general and members of the Supreme Judicial Court. COVID-19 .   El Salvador's Ministry of Health stated that it has vaccinated more than 41,500 medical workers with a first dose of the Astra-Zeneca vaccine.   The country plans to schedule second doses at 12 weeks to get more people vaccinated with a first dose.  The government also says it has been negotiating with the majority of vaccine manufacturers to...

One of president Nayib Bukele's signature initiatives is Surf City -- a name for developing El Salvador as a world class surfing destination and attracting related tourism development along the Pacific coast. This week that initiative was on full display as the Association of Latin American Professional Surfers (ALAS) held the Surf City ALAS Latin Pro 2019 competition at Playa El Tunco.   El Salvador's own Bryan Perez did not disappoint as he took the silver medal in the men's open competition.   Surfer Noé Mar McGonagle of Costa Rica took the gold. You can see highlights from the finals in this video . Participants in the Surf City competition received an invitation to the Casa Presidencial where president Bukele greeted them with a message to spread the word that El Salvador was a world class surfing destination where no other government could claim to be a better friend of surfers.

Salvadoran government officials launched an initiative named "Surf City" Friday in an event along the Pacific shore where El Salvador gets prime waves for surfers.  Throughout his candidacy and now as president, Nayib Bukele has been promoting a vision of surfing as an engine for tourism in the country.  As he nears the 100th day of his presidency, his government ministers rolled out this plan for tourism development along the coast.  The Salvadoran government today designated 21 kilometers of the Pacific coastline as the "Surf City National Tourism Zone."  The zone stretches from Deininger Park in La Paz department to El Zonte Beach in La Libertad department.  The  plan includes  creating conditions for businesses to operate and grow, access to financing, technical assistance, and development of human resources.  The Ministry of Tourism promised   public and private efforts for tourism promotion, the attraction of investment, site ...