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The Latest Breaking News from El Salvador

Nayib Bukele Hails Vindication As Bitcoin Hits New All-Time Highs

Nayib Bukele is just one of the many Bitcoiners who feel vindicated after Bitcoin hit new all-time highs, but the El Salvadoran leader's case is particularly special, as he refused to bend to skeptics who questioned his $BTC strategy.

Latin Times

Nayib Bukele Claims Vindication As Bitcoin Hits New All-Time Highs

The El Salvador leader refused to bend to skeptics who questioned his strategy.

International Business Times

Murder Suspect Attempting To Flee To El Salvador Apprehended

CBP officers apprehend murder suspect at Washington Dulles International Airport trying to flee to El Salvador.

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A Week of Failing To Pay With Bitcoin in El Salvador

The country claims to be a leader in crypto transactions. But you can't force people to take a currency they don't want.

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El Salvador Troops Target Gangs In Large-scale Operation

Images released by the government showed soldiers massing for the operation and heavily armed police patrolling the neighborhood and checking identity documents.

Latin Times

Thousands of soldiers fence off a Salvadoran neighborhood in pursuit of gang remnants

More than 2,000 soldiers and 500 police officers surrounded a dense neighborhood on the outskirts of El Salvador’s capital in an effort to quash the remnants of gangs the president said were trying to set up shop in the area

The Independent UK

Locked Up and in Limbo: Immigrants Win Their Cases But Remain in ICE Custody

Facing torture if returned to their homelands, immigrants are detained for years as appeals drag on.

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El Salvador commits savings from creative debt refinancing to river conservation

One of Central America’s longest rivers will be the primary beneficiary of El Salvador’s deal to refinance $1 billion of debt with support from the United States government, in the latest example of a resurgence in what are known as debt-for-nature swaps

The Independent UK

Lawsuit in US targets former Salvadoran colonel in 1982 killings of Dutch journalists

The brother of a Dutch journalist slain in 1982 covering El Salvador’s civil war has filed a lawsuit against a former Salvadoran military officer who has lived for decades in the northern Virginia suburbs and is accused of orchestrating the killing

The Independent UK

El Salvador faces scrutiny for ‘political’ trial of five environmental activists

UN and legal experts have condemned prosecution of anti-mining campaigners over alleged civil war-era killing

The Guardian - US

Mexican Soldiers Open Fire On Migrants, Killing Six

Mexican soldiers shoot migrants in Chiapas, killing six from Egypt, El Salvador, and Peru. President calls for investigation.

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El Salvador President Bukele Warns Of Global Dark Times

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador addresses UN, highlighting country's progress in freedom and security amidst global challenges.

Latin Times

Matt Gaetz Rejects Claim about El Salvador Caucus 'Whitewashing Abuses' by Bukele

Gaetz, chair of the Congressional El Salvador Caucus, called the allegations "baseless" and criticized the local organization, CISPES

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Bhutan government holds over $700m worth of Bitcoin from mining: Arkham

The Kingdom of Bhutan, a landlocked small sovereign state in South Asia, holds more Bitcoin than El Salvador, and the massive treasury didn't come from seizures or purchases, but from mining the world's top digital asset.

Latin Times

Salvadoran organization accuses U.S. lawmakers grouped in El Salvador caucus of 'whitewashing abuses' by Bukele

The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador published a document criticizing the group, saying it seeks to "boost the image of Bukele" and drive his agenda in the country

Latin Times

El Salvador police chief, key gangs crackdown, dies in helicopter crash: 'it can't be investigated as a mere accident'

Mauricio Arriaza Chicas died near the country's border with Honduras. President Bukele said the crash could not be investigated a mere "accident"

International Business Times

How A Taxi Driver In El Salvador Boosted His Earnings With Bitcoin

Napoleon Osorio is proud of being the first taxi driver to have accepted payment in bitcoin in the first country in the world to make the cryptocurrency legal tender: El Salvador.

The Independent UK

El Salvador's police director and a fugitive banker are among 9 dead in a helicopter crash

El Salvador’s military says the national police director, other high-ranking police officials and a fugitive banker were among nine people killed in a military helicopter crash in a rural part of the country

International Business Times

El Salvador Police Chief Dies In Helicopter Crash

El Salvador's police chief, known for leading the country's "war" on gangs, was killed in a helicopter crash along with several others, the army said on Monday.

International Business Times

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele's Bitcoin Office Celebrates 21 Months

Bukele's Bitcoin Office turned 21 months old on Sunday, and the celebrations came after he recently admitted that BTC adoption in the country didn't boom as much as initially expected.

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