President Nayib Bukele Makes an Important Announcement to the Nation
📅 Aug 25, 2026MBN Digital38 MIN13 SEGMENTS · 2 SPEAKERS
President Nayib Bukele delivers a special message to Salvadorans. Watch the full broadcast for all the details.
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President Nayib Bukele announced a major education initiative, 'El Salvador is Reborn,' at a stadium event with over 30,000 young people. He said the government will provide 50,000 scholarships for higher education, covering university degrees, technical training, and vocational courses, in-person, semi-presential, or virtual. He noted that the number of partner universities grew from 10 to 35 in a year. Bukele announced a $100 million agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank to finance scholarships long-term, and said they are working with the World Bank and CAF. He stated that education investment will exceed $3 billion per year, more than 8% of GDP, triple what previous governments invested (3%). He emphasized that students must pair motivation with discipline, and urged each attendee to help 10 others to spread the energy. He also mentioned that 70% of schools have internet connectivity, with a goal of 100%, and that two schools are remodeled daily.
Key takeaways
The government will provide 50,000 scholarships for higher education, including university, technical, and vocational programs.
Education investment will exceed $3 billion per year, more than 8% of GDP, triple previous governments' spending.
Signed a $100 million agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank to finance scholarships long-term.
Number of partner universities grew from 10 to 35 in one year, with over 30,000 young people attending the event.
70% of schools have internet connectivity, with a goal of 100%.
I want to steal one more minute of your time to tell you that here we have a person who is transforming the country and who put politics together with the reality of his people. Just as he achieved security for an entire people who lived prostrate and imprisoned, today he adds to that security having achieved education for his entire people. President Nayib Bukele, after having spoken with all the presidents and no one paid attention, is changing the history of this country and becomes a reference for all of Latin America. I'm going to take the liberty of asking you all to recognize the president.
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Bukele, N. (2026, August 25). President Nayib Bukele Makes an Important Announcement to the Nation [Interview transcript]. MBN Digital. CEOInterviews.AI. https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/1279260/
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Nayib Bukele. "President Nayib Bukele Makes an Important Announcement to the Nation." MBN Digital, 25 Aug. 2026. Transcript, CEOInterviews.AI, https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/1279260/.
BibTeX
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author = {Nayib Bukele},
title = {President Nayib Bukele Makes an Important Announcement to the Nation},
howpublished = {Interview transcript, MBN Digital. CEOInterviews.AI},
year = {2026},
month = {aug},
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note = {Speaker-attributed transcript with timestamps}
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