The head of the government’s export promotion agency, Salvador Antonio Gómez Góchez, strongly criticized Democratic and Republican US lawmakers.
The president of El Salvador’s export and investment promotion agency, PROESA, Salvador Antonio Gómez Góchez, attacked United States congressmen and senators expressing troubling views on democratic governance in El Salvador, allegations of alleged corruption and the increasingly troubling ties of organized crime in the government.
Gómez Góchez said that US lawmakers, Democrats and Republicans alike, should stick to their views of El Salvador only with knowledge of the facts and follow the example of the popular voice of the entire world who, in his opinion, considers Nayib Bukele. the best president in the world, including the media from “all over the world”.
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The head of the autonomous community gave his views on Wednesday evening at an event to showcase the Salvadoran Corridor project in Prince George’s County, Maryland, held at a party venue in the Adelphi Ward, an event that was eventually taken over by the Salvadoran government. and concluded as an event of the ruling party; despite being an attempt to open up the local government of that county where thousands of Salvadorans live.
“Here in the United States, congressmen tend to express their views on our country without knowing what is happening there, a new generation of young people has emerged and taken control of our country’s leadership and life, defended by our president Nayib Bukele, considered the best president in the world, I’m not saying. All media around the world say so ”. Gómez Góchez said.
However, the opinions of the legislators of both the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States Federal Legislature are based on the reports they receive from all agencies of the United States Government on Salvadoran soil and on the collection of multiple observers from the academic, economic, social, legal, political and cultural environment of El Salvador and the Latin American region.
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Alderman Taveras, right, with committee members and Salvadoran officials. Photo EDH / Tomás Guevara
Their opinions are also related to the commitments in the various committees approving the funds for aid and economic cooperation from the United States to El Salvador and other countries of the so-called Northern Triangle of Central America.
His position is far from reality, as media outlets such as the prestigious The Washington Post, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, El País, to name a few, have sharpened El Salvador’s authoritarianism during their news coverage. in the news and on opinion pages.
The president of PROESA added that Salvadorans in the United States should not allow congressmen like the one in California, where he lived until 13 years ago (for example, Norma Torres), to express their views on El Salvador. The Guatemalan legislature has been a key player in the House of Representatives to highlight the unstoppable corruption in the region and to sponsor the best legislative instruments for the United States to focus cooperation on accountability and respect for the rule of law .
“El Salvador two years ago there was another one, now we have a new one and we have to defend it, so I leave you with the challenge of telling your representatives in Congress to visit this new El Salvador and then they can give any opinion, ”said the president of the autonomous community responsible for promoting investment.
The advice of the president of PROESA came a day after the State Department, the engine of United States diplomacy, also published its most recent report on human rights, in which it makes serious comments and does not take the finger off the line about unstoppable corruption. , summary attacks by state forces and contempt of court orders, among others.