El Salvador offers 5,000 'free passports' to attract 'highly qualified foreigners' The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, announced this Saturday, April 6 that his country would offer the passports. The beneficiaries will enjoy Salvadoran nationality and the right to vote, and will be able to import their goods without customs duties.

About 30% of Salvadorans live in poverty, and 10% in extreme poverty. The government estimates that these criminal gangs are now 75% eradicated.