News From El Salvador, Late February: Chivo Pets Exists And Celebrities Visit

While the world burns, El Salvador opens the Chivo Pets hospital. Not everything is lost. In this edition, we also highlight the famous visitors from all walks of life that have recently been to the country. And, of course, we have some feel-good stories and visit El Zonte. It’s not News From El Salvador if we don’t check with Bitcoin Beach.

And yeah, the News From El Salvador feature is making a return after months of inactivity. We were building the From The Ground series, and it took over. Speaking of that, did you know that we’ve brought you the Dutch, Salvadoran One and Two, French, North American One and Two, Italian, and Austrian perspectives on the El Salvador story? Well, we did. Check those reports out after the news.

The Inauguration Of Chivo Pets

• In just a few months, El Salvador built Chivo Pets. News From El Salvador covered the pet hospital project’s development, and here it is. Starting on Saturday, February 26th, San Salvador has a bitcoin-powered new veterinary service. Look how gorgeous it looks:

El Presidente @nayibbukele anunció que @chivopets estará abierto a partir del próximo sábado 26 de febrero.

Los horarios de atención serán todos los días de 7:00 a.m. a 10:00 p.m. y se deberá hacer cita en: https://t.co/LagyFriR36.

Atención de emergencias 24/7. pic.twitter.com/piRPY9GP1G

— Casa Presidencial (@PresidenciaSV) February 24, 2022

• Social media savvy President Bukele announced Chivo Pet’s inauguration with a 45 minutes livestream. It was transmitted over Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok. Also, through national television. Here’s the show, if you have the time: 

Inauguración de @ChivoPets https://t.co/pSZUAvtKkT

— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) February 24, 2022

Famous Visitors Interviewing Politicians

• Stacy Herbert informs us that Max Keiser interviewed Félix Ulloa, Vice President of El Salvador, “about Bukele, bitcoin and a politics based on ideas not ideology.” Then, investor and bitcoin advocate Simon Dixon highlights a sentence from the VP, “The IMF is scared as we are setting an example to other countries.”

“The IMF is scared as we are setting an example to other countries” VP #ElSalvador Boom https://t.co/jWefLE9KZE

— Simon Dixon (Beware Impersonators) (@SimonDixonTwitt) February 19, 2022

• For some reason, Hollywood actor Daniel Baldwin met with President Bukele and Milena Mayorga, Ambassador of El Salvador to the United States. According to Baldwin, they talked about “Our plan to bring the film and television industry and much more to El Salvador has begun.” Do we believe him?

Such an amazing meeting and dinner with @nayibbukele and @MilenaMayorga
Our plan to bring the film and television industry and much more to El Salvador has begun. GOD is great. pic.twitter.com/TVkrd4Op5n

— DANIEL BALDWIN (@DanielBaldwin) February 18, 2022

• Speaking of Milena Mayorga, bitcoin podcaster and media commentator Natalie Brunell also interviewed her. “It was an honor to speak with you about El Salvador’s “spirit of hope” under Bitcoin,” Brunell tweeted. 

@MilenaMayorga it was an honor to speak with you about El Salvador’s “spirit of hope” under #Bitcoin. Thank you for speaking to me and my amazing @SwanBitcoin crew, can’t wait to share our conversation soon! pic.twitter.com/dh6gVcGFGW

— Natalie Brunell (@natbrunell) February 17, 2022

All of these happened before the Chivo Pets inauguration, so we don’t have comments from any of these people about the event. 

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Bitcoin Influencers And Politicians

• Did you hear about the Mexican Senator that wants to introduce a Bitcoin Law? Well, that’s the laser-eyed Indira Kempis, who recently visited El Salvador. Over there, her soundbite for the press was: “El Salvador is becoming in the most important Bitcoin hub in the world.”

#Bitcoin

«El Salvador se está convirtiendo en el hub más importante en el mundo sobre el futuro con bitcóin»

Gracias por la entrevista @elsalvador

https://t.co/6KOi9AGX4Y#ToTheMoon #financialinclusion pic.twitter.com/CJsJpHrHXr

— Indira Kempis de I. (@IndiraKempis) February 21, 2022

• Also in El Salvador is Japanese bitcoin influencer Miss ₿itcoin, whose reports in Japanese are probably helping people from her country understand the El Salvador situation. What does she think about Chivo Pets, though? We might never know.

Great ! I am one of them https://t.co/3O1GfmvVHf

— Miss ₿itcoin (@missbitcoin_mai) February 22, 2022

Before The Chivo Pets Inauguration, Back To El Zonte

• Did you think we were going to leave Natalie Brunell go like that? She and the also already mentioned Stacy Herbert went to Bitcoin Beach and talked “to these hardworking and bright El Salvador women at Hope House about Bitcoin, their passions & dreams.”

Honored to have the chance to join @stacyherbert and speak to these hardworking and bright #ElSalvador women at Hope House about #Bitcoin, their passions & dreams, and the economic opportunities being created for their families here in El Zonte pic.twitter.com/ryFmGQ2SKH

— Natalie Brunell (@natbrunell) February 16, 2022

• And now that we mention the Hope House… one of this section’s frequent guests, El Zonte community agitator Roman Martínez will be a speaker at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. 

Announcing community leader Roman Martínez, as a #Bitcoin2022 speaker!
@romanmartinezc (chimbera) is one of the founders of #Bitcoin Beach and Hope House, based in El Zonte, El Salvador. pic.twitter.com/cDLmvJD8fx

— Bitcoin 2022 (@TheBitcoinConf) February 24, 2022

• And speaking about Roman Martínez, let’s give him the last word. “Who is coming today? We are visiting one community!,” he says. In the picture, we can see La Bitcoineta that the Hope House received as a donation in this edition of News From El Salvador.

Who is coming today? We are visiting one community !!! @Bitcoinbeach @HopeHousesv #Bitcoin is love pic.twitter.com/e8vd2xQoHg

— Roman Martínez (chimbera) (@romanmartinezc) February 23, 2022

And that completes the circle. Chivo Pets exists. News From El Salvador is back.

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