Gaetz Wants Blinken To Downgrade US Travel Advisory To El Salvador

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Congressional El Salvador Caucus urged the Joe Biden administration to ease El Salvador's travel advisory to Level 1 from the current Level 3.

What Happened: Led by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas), the bipartisan caucus sent a letter to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, requesting the government to ease the advisory to the lowest Level 1, which corresponds to "Exercise Normal Precautions."

Currently, the advisory is set to Level 3, or "Reconsider Travel." the second-highest rating.

The letter noted El Salvador's marked improvement in law and order under President Nayib Bukele's regime and called it the "safest" country in the Western Hemisphere.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/matt-gaetz-proposed-bill-collect-223036621.html

Why, are there a lot of underage women down there?

[captain queeg]

1. Your last line about underage women was my first thought.

[LeftInTX]

2. They like El Salvador pres.

He's locking everyone up. So, it might be kinda safer, but it's probably not a stable type of "safe"

[lapfog_1]

3. from wikipedia

Violence has been a problem in the Central American Region for many years. As of 2018, El Salvador has the highest homicide rate amongst Latin America and the Caribbean. In El Salvador, there are about 52 homicides per 100,000 citizens. The violence rate is high due to the gang violence and corrupt government. The kinds of violent acts committed are torture, physical and sexual assault, and murder.[3] The violent acts that the sex trafficked victims come from the police, johns, pimps, gang members, and their traffickers.[3] In addition, there are clients that sexually and physically assault the workers. This can lead to the sex worker being murdered. Due to how the sex workers and sex trafficked victims are viewed, the police doesn't consider these violent acts to be a crime and they don't further investigate. Many of these violent acts occur due to the machismo culture.

[former9thward]

5. There is violence thru out Central America.

But it is not against tourists. No reason not to travel there. And the warning to "reconsider travel" is about as weak as it gets.

[Iggo]

4. Why? Did El Salvador run out of teenage girls?

[Renew Deal]

6. He must be single again