(Washington DC) – The government of President Nayib Bukele in El Salvador has proposed a “foreign agents” bill that would severely restrict the work of independent journalists and civil society ...

A man stand next to a sign reading "Bitcoin accepted here", outside a moto reapair shop where the cryptocurrency is accepted as a payment method, in Aguilares, El Salvador. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas EL ...

MEXICO CITY, Nov 22 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday said El Salvador should not use bitcoin as legal tender, considering risks related to the cryptocurrency. "Given bitcoin ...

(Washington DC) – El Salvador’s legislature has taken drastic steps to undermine judicial independence and limit accountability since President Nayib Bukele’s supporters in the Legislative Assembly ...

When El Salvador brazenly adopted Bitcoin as legal tender in 2021, it straightaway became a kind of lodestone that generated debate about the cryptocurrency’s role in shaping a nation's economic ...

With a murder rate of around 52 per 100,000 residents, El Salvador has long been recognized as one of the most dangerous countries in the world (Statista 2023). However, in 2019, a new administration ...

The country made headlines earlier this year when it became the world’s first to accept bitcoin as official tender. The new “bitcoin city” will be constructed in the shape of a coin near the base of ...

Salvadorean news outlet El Faro has reported that assets tied to two of its shareholders, including bank accounts and property, have been frozen. The outlet maintains that President Nayib Bukele ...

1. El Salvador’s public health response to the pandemic helped save many lives. The authorities deployed early-detection and containment measures in a timely and effective manner, ramped up COVID-19 ...

Over the weekend, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele announced an ambitious plan to create the world’s first “Bitcoin City.” Created at the base of the Conchagua volcano, Bitcoin City is being ...

MEXICO CITY — El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s government secretly negotiated a truce with leaders of the country’s powerful street gangs, the U.S. Treasury charged Wednesday, contradicting ...

Plans for a $1 billion Bitcoin bond in El Salvador sent the nation’s dollar-denominated bonds to an all-time low. El Salvador’s dollar denominated notes due in 2050 slumped to 63.4 cents on the U.S.