Cost of basic food basket increased nearly 30% in dollars in the last three years. Almost 30% of Salvadorans live in poverty and almost one in ten in extreme poverty.
Bukele promised on Sunday "a period of prosperity" because "there is no longer a brake on creating a company" The country is negotiating with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) a loan of about 1.3 billion dollars.. Former Central Bank governor Carlos Acevedo warned, "the issue of social investment or gangs will re-emerge"