List of international trips made by Nayib Bukele

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The following is a list of international trips conducted by Nayib Bukele, the mayor of San Salvador from May 2015 to April 2018 and the president of El Salvador since January 2019.

Mayor of Nuevo Cuscatlán

Image Country Cities visited Date(s) Notes
 United States New York City 31 October 2014 Spoke at the United Nations as a part of World Cities Day[1]

Mayor of San Salvador

Image Country Cities visited Date(s) Notes
 United States Washington, D.C. 11 September 2016 Official visit[2]
Nayib Bukele with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen  Taiwan Taipei 23 February 2017 Official visit[3]
 Israel Jerusalem February 2018 Official visit[4]
 Costa Rica San José 20 April 2018 Attended the XVIII summit of the Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities

President of El Salvador

Image Country Cities visited Date(s) Notes
Nayib Bukele with United States President Donald Trump  United States New York City, Washington, D.C. 26 September 2019 State visit,[5] spoke at the United Nations General Assembly[6]
Nayib Bukele with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe  Japan Tokyo 29 November 2019 State visit[7]
Nayib Bukele with Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping  China Beijing 4 December 2019 State visit[8]
Nayib Bukele with Qatari Minister of Energy Saad Sherida al-Kaabi  Qatar Doha 12 December 2019 State visit[9]
 Guatemala Guatemala City 27 January 2020 State visit[10]
 United States Washington, D.C. February 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden refused to meet Bukele.[11]
Nayib Bukele with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan  Turkey Ankara 28 January 2022 State visit[12]
Nayib Bukele visiting Google  United States Mountain View 29 August 2023 Signed a 7-year agreement with Google[13]
Nayib Bukele speaking at the United Nations  United States New York City 19 September 2023 Spoke at the United Nations General Assembly[14]
 United States National Harbor 22 February 2024 Spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference[15]

Canceled visits

Image Country Cities Date(s) Event Notes
Salvadoran Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandra Hill Tinoco (top row, 4th from left) attended the summit in place of Bukele.  United States Los Angeles 6–10 June 2022 9th Summit of the Americas Bukele was one of multiple Latin American heads of state who did not attend the 9th Summit of the Americas. He did not attend due to frustration of the United States' criticism of his government regarding alleged corruption and human rights abuses.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Nayib Bukele Expone en la ONU sobre Desarrollo de Nuevo Cuscatlán" [Nayib Bukeles Exposes the UN to the Development of Nuevo Cuscatlán]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). 1 November 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Alcaldes de San Salvador y Washington DC se Reúnen para Abordar Desarrollo Ciudades" [Mayors of San Salvador and Washington, D.C. Meet to Discuss City Development]. Diario1 (in Spanish). 16 September 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  3. Taiwanese Presidential Office
    . 23 February 2017.
  4. ^ Ahren, Raphael (7 February 2019). "His Dad was an Imam, His Wife has Jewish Roots: Meet El Salvador's New Leader". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  5. ^ Cohen, Luc (26 September 2019). "El Salvador President Calls on Trump to Keep Protected Status Program for Migrants". Reuters. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  6. ^ Cohen, Luc (26 September 2019). Milliken, Mary; Oatis, Jonathan (eds.). ""Just a Second, Please": El Salvador President's U.N. Selfie Eclipses Speech". Reuters. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  7. Japan Times
    . 30 December 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  8. ^ Bermúdez, Ángel (4 December 2019). "Bukele Visita China: El Histórico Acercamiento de El Salvador a Pekín y la "Gigantesca Cooperación" que Recibe a Cambio" [Bukele Visits China: El Salvador's Historic Approach to Beijing and the "Gigantic Cooperation" He Receives in Return]. BBC (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  9. ^ "President of El Salvador meets Minister of State for Energy". The Peninsula Qatar.com. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Guatemalan President Offers El Salvador the Chance to Build a Port in Guatemalan Waters". Reuters. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Biden Officials Turn Down Unannounced Visit with El Salvador Pres. Nayib Bukele". NBC News. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Turkey, El Salvador Sign 6 Agreements During Bukele Visit". Daily Sabah. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  13. ^ Brewster, Freddie (30 August 2023). "El Salvador's President Inks Deal with Google for Central American Tech Hub". KTVU. San Francisco, California. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  14. ^ "El Salvador's Leader, Criticized Internationally for Gang Crackdown, Tells UN It Was the Right Thing". Associated Press. New York City, United States. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  15. ^ Magaña, Yolanda (23 February 2024). "Bukele Defiende su Modelo y Urge a EE.UU. Seguirlo" [Bukele Defends His Model and Urges the US to Follow It]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  16. ^ Megerian, Chris; Goodman, Joshua (9 June 2022). "Salvadoran Leader Rebuffs Blinken Effort to Bolster Summit". Associated Press. Los Angeles, California. Retrieved 10 August 2022.