El Salvador offers 5,000 passports to skilled foreign workers
Source: CNN
CNN
El Salvador is offering 5,000 free passports to highly skilled workers from abroad, President Nayib Bukele announced Saturday in his latest attempt to boost the countrys economy with foreign investment.
Scientists, engineers, doctors, artists, and philosophers will be granted full citizen status including voting rights, the president said in a statement posted to X.
El Salvador will also help their relocation by eliminating taxes and tariffs on moving families and assets such as equipment, software, and intellectual property.
Bukele wrote that the the groups contributions would have a huge impact on the future of the Central American country.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/07/americas/el-salvador-bukele-passports-skilled-foreign-workers-intl/index.html
Mr.Bill
(24,305 posts)JoseBalow
(2,403 posts)hueymahl
(2,501 posts)JoseBalow
(2,403 posts)Hopefully it's enough
Backseat Driver
(4,394 posts)maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)Maybe it will work.
hueymahl
(2,501 posts)But on the whole, it seems like El Salvador is better off. I am concerned about the reports of human rights violations.
NanaCat
(1,178 posts)Their anti-abortion laws are a travesty.