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Salvadorans March Against Reelection Plans

Tico Times - September 16, 2023

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El Salvador War on Gangs Reignites Trauma

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IMF calls on El Salvador to tackle risks posed by Bitcoin

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The El Salvador Gang Crackdown Arrest Total Tops 50,000

Salvadorans March Against Reelection Plans

Tico Times - September 16, 2023

Under a scorching sun, hundreds of Salvadorans marched this Friday to reject the intention of President Nayib Bukele to be re-elected and to denounce...

El Salvador War on Gangs Reignites Trauma

Tico Times - August 5, 2023

With bulletproof vests and rifles, some 150 police board numerous armored cars and depart in different directions to look for gang members on the...

IMF calls on El Salvador to tackle risks posed by Bitcoin

AFP - February 12, 2023

The International Monetary Fund has warned El Salvador -- the only country to adopt bitcoin as a legal currency -- against the risks involved...

The El Salvador Gang Crackdown Arrest Total Tops 50,000

AFP - October 11, 2022

El Salvador has arrested some 50,000 suspected gang members since President Nayib Bukele launched a "war" in March on criminal groups terrorizing the country,...

El Salvador Family members demand freedom and innocence of gang detainees

AFP - July 20, 2022

Dozens of relatives of detainees held under an exception regime, which was extended for a month on Tuesday to fight gangs in El Salvador,...

Salvadorans celebrate fruit harvest and pay tribute to the Cross

AFP - June 1, 2022

Hundreds of Salvadorans carrying fruits on wooden palancas toured the town of Santa Maria Ostuma, in central El Salvador, on Tuesday to thank the...

El Salvador orders arrest of former president over killing of six Jesuits in civil war

AFP - March 12, 2022

A judge in El Salvador ordered the arrest Friday of former president Alfredo Cristiani for alleged links to the murder of six Jesuit priests...

El Salvador Inaugurates Veterinary Hospital Built with Bitcoin Profits

AFP - February 24, 2022

The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, inaugurated on Wednesday a veterinary hospital that, he assures, was financed with the profits obtained after the...

IMF urges El Salvador to remove Bitcoin as legal tender

AFP - January 25, 2022

The IMF on Tuesday called on El Salvador to change course and stop using Bitcoin as legal tender, citing "large risks" posed by the...

El Salvador Government denies using spyware on Journalists

AFP - January 13, 2022

The government of El Salvador has denied using the Israeli Pegasus software to spy on journalists and activists. In a statement issued late Wednesday, spokeswoman...