El Salvador

2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 14, 2022 by Chamath Palihapitiya · said 17 times in 10 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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brought up most by Chamath Palihapitiya (7), David Friedberg (6), Jason Calacanis (3), Balaji Srinivasan (1)

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Everything said about El Salvador, oldest first

Jul 14, 2022 bearish
Assertion Partly supported
Chamath: El Salvador, Ghana, and Pakistan are next closest to sovereign default
“If you if you look at bond prices, the three countries that are the next closest to defaulting. So Russia has defaulted, but that was more a vagary of, you know, foreign currency controls that, that didn't allow them to pay. But Sri Lanka has officially defaul…”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jul 14, 2022 ▶ 34:53 E87: Emerging markets, Sri Lanka, 9.1% CPI, market sentiment, NASA's Webb telescope & more
Mar 29, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Friedberg: El Salvador's mass detentions cut homicide rate from 103 to 1.9
“And through that action, they were able to reduce the homicide rate per capita below two per 100,000, which is what it was last year, 1.9.”
David Friedberg Mar 29, 2025 ▶ 1:15:33 The AI Cold War, Signalgate, CoreWeave IPO, Tariff Endgames, El Salvador Deportations
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