*UNITED NATIONS – El Salvador** president stops UNGA session speech to takea ‘SELFIE’, There was a big Reason behind it.*
* A 38-year-old El Salvador President Nayib Bukele asked the audience atUNGA session to hold on a second, took out his phone, and snapped a selfie.*
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“Believe me, many more people will see this selfie than will hear thisspeech,” Bukele quipped before delivering his address calling on the UnitedNations to change with the times and for world leaders to do more toconnect with their countries’ youth.
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The former mayor of the capital, San Salvador, who took office in June, isa prolific user of social media.
In his speech, he attributed his election victory to his mastery ofplatforms like Facebook Live, which he said his political opponents did notfully grasp.
