List of international trips made by Nayib Bukele

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]
	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
	United States	New York City, Washington, D.C.	26 September 2019	State visit, [5] spoke at the United Nations General Assembly [6]
	Japan	Tokyo	29 November 2019	State visit [7]
	China	Beijing	4 December 2019	State visit [8]
	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]
	Turkey	Ankara	28 January 2022	State visit [12]
	United States	Mountain View	29 August 2023	Signed a 7-year agreement with Google [13]
	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]
	United States	Austin	20 September 2024	Met with Elon Musk [16]
	United States	New York City	24 September 2024	Spoke at the United Nations General Assembly [17]
	Argentina	Buenos Aires	30 September – 1 October 2024	State visit [18]
	Costa Rica	San José	11–12 November 2024	State visit [19]

Canceled visits

Image	Country	Cities	Date(s)	Event	Notes
	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. [20]

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. "President Tsai Meets Mayor Nayib Bukele of San Salvador". 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 Pressed El Salvador to Prevent Chinese Influence Over Port". 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. "Elon Musk, Dueño de X y Tesla, se Reúne con el Presidente Nayib Bukele" [Elon Musk, Owner of X and Tesla, Meets with President Nayib Bukele]. La Noticia SV (in Spanish). 20 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
17. Magaña, Yolanda (24 September 2024). "Nayib Bukele Ante la ONU Dice el Mundo Está en Decadencia Mientras El Salvador Renace" [Nayib Bukele Before the UN Says the World is Decaying While El Salvador is Reborn]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2024.
18. Mondragón, Lissette (30 September 2024). "Nayib Bukele Inicia Encuentro con Javier Milei en Argentina" [Nayib Bukele Initiates Meeting with Javier Milei in Argentina]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2024.
19. Cornejo, Iliana (11 November 2024). "Bukele Inicia Hoy Su Visita Oficial en Costa Rica" [Today, Bukele Begins His Official Visit in Costa Rica]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 November 2024.
20. Megerian, Chris; Goodman, Joshua (9 June 2022). "Salvadoran Leader Rebuffs Blinken Effort to Bolster Summit". Associated Press . Los Angeles, California . Retrieved 10 August 2022.