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Rational PR has signed a PR contract worth $65K per month to provide PR and communications support to El Salvador.
The six-month pact calls for drafting press releases, talking points, social media statements and organizing events.
Rational CEO Patrick Dorton heads the El Salvador team that includes Andrew Homan (director of digital media) and Nicolas Fitzgerald (senior director of PR).
In August, El Salvador hired and fired the Sonoran Policy Group, which had a $450K contract.
The Associated Press reported that El Salvador dropped SPG after the wire service requested a comment about the contract from the country’s office of the president.
El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele, a close ally of president Trump, faces criticism that his “popular policies mask an authoritarian streak,” according to the AP.
Amnesty International reported Oct. 5 that Bukele, who promised to respect human rights when he took office a year ago, is continuing a policy of repression and militarization of public security in El Salvador.
Canada's DC embassy has hired Cogent Strategies to assess the US social media landscape and provide data-driven and actionable recommendations about the best ways to reach targeted audiences to advance its advocacy objectives.
The Williams Group is providing strategic counsel, tactical planning and government relations work for war-torn Sudan.
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer is helping the Embassy of Uzbekistan's efforts to attract increased trade and investment in Central Asia’s most populous country.
Cornerstone Government Affairs has signed a six-month agreement to represent Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the US.
Florida’s Corvus Strategic Partners has signed to represent the interests of Colombia regarding its relations with the US.
