El Salvador

The President of El Salvador joined the Social Network on 18 February 2010 and the account was only active for about four hours sending five tweets. However, despite such inactivity, the account has gathered over 3,500 followers. The last tweet that his followers received was “Greeting | Good night to all! God bless you”. The account follows President Obama and the British Monarchy and is followed by the Vietnamese Prime Minister, the President of Portugal and the Presidency of Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.

On 9 November 2009, the Presidency of El Salvador opened a Twitter account to serve as channel for updates and news. However, it only sent its first tweet a year later: “President Mauricio Funes will attend the inauguration of the First Indigenous Congress today at the Port of Liberty”. The account consistently uses the hashtag #PresidenteFunes in most of its tweets. In December 2011 Mauricio Funes used the institutional account to send his “affection and hugs” to Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner who was about to undergo surgery to remove a thyroid cancer. The most retweeted tweet relates to the deadly tropical cyclone of October 2011 that touched large portions of Central America: ”The Minister of Education informs that classes remain suspended throughout the country due to the continuing emergency situation in the country”.