They were ecstatic, and you could easily yell "Viva Bukele!" and get people yelling it back.
Everyone is *so happy* about Bukele, from cab drivers to kids running around shanties on the side of the road. I didn't realize how extreme the approval was until I experienced it.
So much of their country was no-go zones not long ago, that Bukele's rule is something beyond refreshing.
This is great, I was hoping you'd do a substack after reading your x posts. What did you notice regarding the tourism infrastructure once you made it into the city and traveled through the country? Do you see/hear that they're adding resorts/activites/etc? Could you envision a future where it heads in a Costa Rica type path? Perhaps with more industry? Great post, thanks for sharing
He explained the elite is White Europeans, and we know the rest are indigenous.
Depends on what you like.
Same in almost all of Latin America.
The elite does not intermarry with indigenous because they’re disinherited by the family. And since there are few avenues to make your own wealth, they abide by parents’ wishes to not be disinherited & kicked out the of the country clubs, which is where the elite socializes behind locked gates.
Same from Colombia to El Salvador to Mexico. Total racial & economic segregation.
If you’re well-off & White, you can date the Latin American elite White women.
If you’re not, you have options among the poor indigenous.
No real middle ground. Similar in Miami among Latinos.
And they police racial lines to a bizarre extent we Americans are totally unaccustomed to.
They basically keep the “one drop” rule. If you look even slightly indigenous, Asian or black, you cannot join the county clubs nor date a white woman.
I cannot comment on El Salvador, but increasing obesity in Mexico correlates with a very successful marketing campaign by Coca Cola.
Did the locals you interacted with seem optimistic?
Their long national nightmare is over, but does it feel there is a Salvadoran Dream to aspire to?
INCREDIBLY.
They were ecstatic, and you could easily yell "Viva Bukele!" and get people yelling it back.
Everyone is *so happy* about Bukele, from cab drivers to kids running around shanties on the side of the road. I didn't realize how extreme the approval was until I experienced it.
So much of their country was no-go zones not long ago, that Bukele's rule is something beyond refreshing.
Thank you, these are some very interesting takeaways!
Just wait for the Left to say how low crime is actually bad.
This is great, I was hoping you'd do a substack after reading your x posts. What did you notice regarding the tourism infrastructure once you made it into the city and traveled through the country? Do you see/hear that they're adding resorts/activites/etc? Could you envision a future where it heads in a Costa Rica type path? Perhaps with more industry? Great post, thanks for sharing
Were you impressed by the Mamacitas
I'm not going to talk about a country's women.
I was joking! Liked the article
He explained the elite is White Europeans, and we know the rest are indigenous.
Depends on what you like.
Same in almost all of Latin America.
The elite does not intermarry with indigenous because they’re disinherited by the family. And since there are few avenues to make your own wealth, they abide by parents’ wishes to not be disinherited & kicked out the of the country clubs, which is where the elite socializes behind locked gates.
Same from Colombia to El Salvador to Mexico. Total racial & economic segregation.
If you’re well-off & White, you can date the Latin American elite White women.
If you’re not, you have options among the poor indigenous.
No real middle ground. Similar in Miami among Latinos.
And they police racial lines to a bizarre extent we Americans are totally unaccustomed to.
They basically keep the “one drop” rule. If you look even slightly indigenous, Asian or black, you cannot join the county clubs nor date a white woman.