The Bukele Effect Impacts Elections in Colombia, Just Like in Chile, Ecuador, and Costa Rica. The smallest country in Central America has generated a gigantic wave that has impacted at least four consecutive victories in Latin America.
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“Never let anyone tell you El Salvador is too small to be big.”
Today, El Salvador is winning big time. We have partnered with Nvidia and Widelabs on Nemotron-Personas-El-Salvador.
Placing us alongside multi-trillion dollar tech economies like the US, Japan, and South Korea this partnership proves that our Sovereign AI strategy is working on a world-class level.
And it is a total validation of President Bukele's 'tech hub' vision for the new El Salvador. 🇸🇻🚀
El Salvador now gains a foundational open source asset that will compound across every AI initiative we deploy. This is execution excellence at scale and a massive victory for our sovereign infrastructure.
Builders, take note. ✍️
Now, go read this thread:
Watch this video.
I’ve lived my entire life in and near New York City, which has the best hospitals in the world (I’ve been in them). And this new hospital looks better than any of them. Never thought I’d say that.
The debasement of the US dollar has been highly destructive to American society.
We have young people who can't afford a home, gambling and porn ads are being shoved in our face, and a large portion of people are walking around in a state of depression or anxiety.
We went from long-term thinking and strong morals to a population of speculators who can't focus for 5 minutes.
It is all tied back to the dollar's destruction.
🇸🇻 English Translation From Diario El Salvador:
Stacy Herbert: Education, Innovation, and Discipline Are the Fronts Driving El Salvador
The Director of the National Bitcoin Office stated that the country has a defined strategy across these three fronts, and that from this foundation, "everything else will follow"—including the global-scale events that El Salvador is already attracting.
@stacyherbert, Director of @bitcoinofficesv (ONBTC), asserted that education, innovation, and discipline constitute the three classic pillars for driving a country's accelerated economic development, and that the Salvadoran government currently maintains an active strategy across all three fronts.
"Education, innovation, and discipline are the three classic pillars for a leap in economic development. We have a strategy for all three. I dedicate the core of my focus to education, because nowhere else is a mindset of excellence cultivated quite the way we do it here. And from that foundation, everything else will follow—including innovation and discipline," Herbert affirmed.
These remarks come within the context of an educational agenda that the ONBTC has been building since 2021—an agenda that today encompasses several distinct programs, differentiated by level and profile.
The first of these is the Bitcoin Diploma 2.0, launched this year, which integrates financial literacy and Bitcoin (BTC) content into the national curriculum of public schools. According to Herbert, these initiatives represent "the world's first comprehensive financial and monetary literacy programs applied at a national level." The ONBTC has noted that the diploma covers topics such as personal finance, the mechanics of the global financial system, and the design of money—all supported by animations and real-world case studies.
Joining this program are @cuboplus has trained over 1,000 software and business developers in BTC and the Lightning Network, and whose fourth cohort is set to graduate this coming June 21st—as well as the course "What Is Money?", aimed at students as young as seven years old; and the Higher School of Innovation in Public Administration (ESIAP), designed specifically for public servants. In 2025, the Ministry of Education also incorporated training in artificial intelligence and robotics into the curriculum of public schools, thanks to a memorandum of understanding signed with ARK Educate—the education NGO founded by Cathie Wood of ARK Investments. Additionally, a partnership with xAI aims to deploy AI tutors throughout the public education system.
This effort has already begun to yield concrete results. Companies such as Tether, https://t.co/4tzZDkr0b9, and Tiankii have either hired or expressed interest in hiring graduates of the CUBO+ program.
**El Salvador Takes Its Place**
This educational positioning comes at a time of growing international recognition. For the first time, El Salvador has broken into the top 10 in Latin America and the Caribbean in StartupBlink’s 2026 Global Startup Ecosystem Index, ranking 80th globally. The report highlighted that the country holds the top spot in Central America within the "Ecosystem Brand Value" pillar, and ranks third across the entire Latin American region in the "Ecosystem Visibility" category.
Furthermore, the arrival of EmTech AI—the annual artificial intelligence conference hosted by *MIT Technology Review*—scheduled for November 18 and 19 in San Salvador, reinforces this image of the country as an emerging technology hub.
Herbert described this convergence of events as part of a deliberate strategy. The local edition of EmTech AI is set to take place just one week after *Bitcoin Histórico*, scheduled for the 11th and 12th of the same month.
"By juxtaposing two distinct yet equally extraordinary events, we are telling the story of the new El Salvador. We are deliberately crafting a national experience that serves as a beacon for elite talent and fascinating minds. This concentration of excellence naturally attracts other world-class events to our shores. We are creating a 'flywheel effect' on a national scale. That is how we win," she stated.
Regarding the factors that made the country an attractive destination for an institution like MIT, Herbert was direct: "Today, thanks to President Nayib Bukele, El Salvador has become the natural meeting point for those who are building the future." It is the point of convergence for everything extraordinary and excellent at this pivotal moment in human history. And that is by design.
Article by: @kealrive22
Translation: @ElsalvadoronX
#ElSalvador #Bukele #bitcoin #BTC #AI
Absolutely incredible.
El Salvador is twice as safe as #2 Argentina… and 10 TIMES safer than #10 Costa Rica.
Not bad for the former murder capital of the world
It feels super fantastic to be making history!
Ideas and relentless optimism win!
El Salvador is quite literally the only true beacon of hope and liberty in the world today.
God bless the folks working 24/7 on this. 
🇸🇻 From fear to admiration.
The world is watching El Salvador rise.
Today, El Salvador is no longer only known as the "safest in the western Hemisphere", “Bitcoin Country” or the “AI Country.”
It is now becoming a global tourism powerhouse.
Between January and April 2026 alone, the country welcomed 1.7 MILLION international visitors — a 40% increase from last year.
People are arriving from the U.S., Guatemala, Honduras, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Colombia, and beyond to witness what @nayibbukele has built:
A safer, modern, innovative, and proud nation.
The same streets that were once abandoned and controlled by fear are now filled with tourists carrying cameras instead of fear. Centro Historico is alive again. Beaches like "El Zonte" and destinations across the country are becoming international attractions. Businesses are growing. Hotels are expanding. Families now see opportunity where once there was only uncertainty.
A country once known for violence is now recognized worldwide for innovation, security, tourism, Bitcoin, and vision.
What the world once called impossible… El Salvador made reality.
🇸🇻 The world is no longer looking at El Salvador with fear.
The world is looking at El Salvador with admiration.
#ElSalvador #Bitcoin #Bukele #Tourism
"Bitcoin eventually destroys the state."
@maxkeiser & @stacyherbert join to discuss:
🔸 El Salvador's leap from BTC to sovereign AI
🔸 Building the new Florence, not Silicon Valley
🔸 Yen carry unwind & why BTC is coiled to explode
Full Video: https://t.co/23zUw6JeTe
1/ Most El Salvador content online is written for single guys moving to Bitcoin country.
We view EL Salvador through the lens of family - with our toddlers and retired parents.
Here's everything — for families. 🧵
🇸🇻El Salvador has cut the no. of days a year you need to spend there to keep residency to just 90 days.
You can get residency by proving a monthly income of $1,200+
Apply for citizenship after 5 years.
⚠️But you can lose citizenship if absent from the country for 5+ years.
El Salvador's favorable climate for investing and technology is getting lots of attention. There's a specific area that deserves to be watched closely: AI.
On Friday, the country presented its National AI Strategy 2026. This is an impressive, no-nonsense framework. Focus areas for AI augmentation include education and healthcare. And here's something that readers will no doubt find interesting: "The Republic is awarding 5,000 passports to highly qualified individuals from abroad, with full citizenship status including voting rights and zero taxes and tariffs on relocating families, equipment, software, and intellectual property."
The strategy highlights El Salvador's key national advantage: agility. "Our vision is to serve as the world's testbed for the real-world application of Al, moving at a velocity that legacy jurisdictions cannot match."
And here's something very important to this industry: "Our near-perfect time zone alignment provides a critical advantage for startups and investors targeting the U.S. market."
This document will get lots of attention in the global AI sector. You can read it here (and the ANIA account is worth following):
https://t.co/JxGRirue9p
I've visited El Salvador four times in the past few years. I'm often asked about opportunities in the country by people who want to build or invest. My advice is to visit. Go to a Bitcoin or technology conference there. These events are valuable opportunities to meet like-minded people from all over the world (including many of your favorite Twitter personalities). The country has become a fertile environment for ideas and action.
El Salvador is a critical partner of the United States in the Western Hemisphere. President Bukele’s law-and-order miracle has not only brought freedom and safety for the Salvadoran people, it’s creating one of the best investment climates in the entire region. Our foreign policy interest is for U.S. businesses to participate in and help power El Salvador’s renaissance.
Yesterday, Assistant Secretary Orr spoke to a group of over 75 American firms considering investments in El Salvador that will bring prosperity to both our countries.