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‘Live sick or flee’: pollution fears for El Salvador’s rivers as mining ban lifted

The landmark prohibition on mining in 2017, a world first, has been reversed by authoritarian leader Nayib Bukele but the move has met fierce resistance from environmentalists

The Guardian - UK

El Salvador's Congress approves ending ban on metals mining

El Salvador's Congress has approved a law that would lift the country’s seven-year-old ban on mining for metals

The Independent UK

Still $BTC Country: 'Headlines About The IMF Are Wrong,' Says El Salvador Bitcoin Office Director

El Salvador had to concede to some of the IMF's conditions to reach an agreement with the UN financial agency for a massive loan that could help boost its ailing economy, but it clarified Sunday that it will not give up on its Bitcoin strategic reserve.

International Business Times

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Governments and banks once mocked Bitcoin. Now they want in on it

After topping $100,000, Bitcoin supporters see the cryptocurrency soaring even higher.

Al Jazeera

El Salvador Plans To Sell Or Shut Its Crypto Wallet

The announcement came after the Central American nation's government reached a $1.4 billion loan deal with the International Monetary Fund that addressed its controversial embrace of bitcoin.

Latin Times

IMF Pressures El Salvador To Stop Pushing Bitcoin

In exchange, the government is getting a $1.4 billion loan.

Reason

Bitcoin Country No More? El Salvador Bends To Secure IMF Loan

El Salvador has reached an agreement with IMF staff to secure a $3.5 billion funding package, but not without consequences that could hit Nayib Bukele's grandiose vision of a "Bitcoin country."

International Business Times

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$BTC Hits $108,000 As Experts Clash Over US Bitcoin Strategic Reserve

Bitcoin once again hit another price record Tuesday night amid optimism over a U.S. $BTC reserve, but not everyone is convinced a Bitcoin fund will work – what are the experts saying?

International Business Times

Argentine President Javier Milei To Attend Trump's Inauguration

Argentine President Milei accepts Trump's inauguration invite, while other world leaders consider attendance. Trump extends invitations to global leaders f...

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Trump Is Also Approaching El Salvador About Potentially Receiving Deportees

The transition team has reached out to the country through back channels. It is unclear whether the Bukele government will be open to the possibility

Latin Times

El Salvador's New Cybersecurity Laws Raise Concerns Over Media Freedom

Proponents call it modernization, but watchdogs see a path to censorship.

Reason

Bitcoin Tops $106,000 For The First Time – What's Next For World's Top Crypto?

Bitcoin has exceeded $106,000, breaking its previous all-time highs amid high hopes for an American national strategic $BTC reserve after Texas, a pro-crypto state, introduced a bill to establish a state Bitcoin reserve.

International Business Times

Who Is Ronald Johnson, The CIA Veteran and Bukele Ally Chosen By Trump To Be The Next U.S. Ambassador to Mexico

With decades of experience in the CIA and military, Johnson forged a strong partnership with President Bukele to combat gang violence in El Salvador

Latin Times

What could Trump’s return to the White House mean for Latin America?

Analysts say US President-elect Donald Trump’s second term is poised to bolster far-right groups and strain trade ties.

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International Business Times

President's Push To Scrap Gold Mining Ban Causes Outcry In El Salvador

El Salvador's gang-busting strongman President Nayib Bukele has set out on a new mission: to kickstart his country's sputtering economy by inviting back the mining companies that were barred seven years ago.

Benzinga

El Salvador Relaxes Bitcoin Rules To Seal $1.3 Billion Loan

El Salvador close to $1.3B loan deal with IMF, contingent on changes to Bitcoin policy and fiscal deficit reduction. President Bukele focuses on economic revival and foreign investment.

Benzinga

Happy Bitcoin $100K Day: Here's How Nayib Bukele, Brian Armstrong, And Peter Schiff Reacted To The Historic Milestone

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), some sixteen years after its inception as a lesser-known decentralized digital money, is now worth over $100,000. Yes, you heard it right!

Salon

Fossil fascism used to demonize migrants

Ecofascists have a long history of supporting the environment when it empowers racist policy

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The Independent UK

Catholic church calls on president of El Salvador not to lift ban on gold mining

The Roman Catholic Church has called on the president of El Salvador not to lift the country's ban on gold mining

International Business Times

El Salvador And Bhutan – How Two Small Nations Led The National Bitcoin Reserve Race

El Salvador and Bhutan are making headlines in recent months as their Bitcoin strategies have paid off significantly with $BTC's price surge since the 2024 U.S. elections – what brought these two small countries to the spotlight?

The Independent UK

El Salvador president proposes ending country's metals mining ban

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has proclaimed himself in favor of mining gold in the Central America country and called his nation’s 7-year-old ban on metals mining “absurd.”

Benzinga

Pro-Bitcoin Trump Administration Could See El Salvador Emerging As US 'Strategic Partner,' Says VanEck

Asset management firm VanEck expressed optimism at El Salvador’s bold Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) bet, terming it as a model of innovation for the emerging world.

Fortune

Two small countries bet on Bitcoin—and it's paying off big time

Bhutan and El Salvador have seen their Bitcoin holdings soar beyond $1 billion and $500 million, respectively.

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Matt Gaetz Nominated For Attorney General By Donald Trump

Matt Gaetz's potential role as AG and his alignment with El Salvador's President Bukele's policies.

International Business Times

The Real $BTC Country? Bhutan Government's Bitcoin Treasury Passes $1 Billion

The Kingdom of Bhutan, a small sovereign state that quietly built up its Bitcoin mining operations, has become a force to reckon with as it now has 12,000 Bitcoins worth over a billion dollars.

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