[Racketeer]

Bukele is doing wonders, finally, for a very beautiful country and its people.

[PeterPrinciple]

The project is part of a massive $1.42 billion development plan including a new airport and port expansion.

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I wonder what the money source is....................

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Goes to show what a strong leader with gumption and care for his people can accomplish!

El Salvador Homicide Rate by Year

Year	Homicides	Homicides per 100k
2019	2,398	37.2
2020	1,341	20.7
2021	1,140	17.5
2022	496	7.6
2023	154	2.3
2024	114	1.7
2025	69*	1.0*

* annualized based on YTD

[1FreeAmerican]

I have several friends that consider El Salvador a great place to surf and have been there a few times each.

[GOPJ]

El Salvador now leads Central America in tourism with 3.9 million visitors in 2024 - unthinkable just years ago.

From a hellhole to a tourist center - by just taking criminals OUT of the culture. Interesting.

[mikey_hates_everything]

Good for them. Hope it works out. They might be able to stabilize the money stream somewhat by encouraging retired expats to live there as in Panama and get Costco to put a big warehouse a bit inland in the center point of that 13km highway.

[Paal Gulli]

No, your thread's title isn't any more deserving of attention that anybody else's. Mind your manners.