News of bukele

Salvadoran president vows to buy "one #Bitcoin every day'

17-11-2022 16:04 Bitcoin traded at about $16,500 per unit on Thursday, down from $45,000 in September 2021 when El Salvador adopted the cryptocurrency.

Human rights

El Salvador extends state of emergency to curb wave of gang violence

25-04-2022 12:45 El Salvador's lawmakers on Sunday extended a state of emergency for another month at the request of President Nayib Bukele. It was imposed in late March to stamp out a wave of deadly gang violence, expanding police powers so that they could arrest members without a warrant.

CRYPTOCURRENCIES

IMF urges El Salvador to remove Bitcoin as legal tender

25-01-2022 18:45 The IMF on Tuesday called on El Salvador to change course and stop using Bitcoin as legal tender, citing "large risks" posed by the cryptocurrency.

CRYPTOCURRENCIES

El Salvador president says half a million using new bitcoin wallet

14-09-2021 11:56 There are now more than half a million people using El Salvador's bitcoin wallet, President Nayib Bukele said Monday.

CRYPTOCURRENCIES

In world first, bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador

07-09-2021 08:39 El Salvador officially becomes the first country in the world to accept bitcoin as legal tender.

CRYPTOCURRENCIES

El Salvador is banking on bitcoin, but will it work?

22-06-2021 15:28 El Salvador will soon become the only country in the world accepting bitcoin as legal tender, a cutting-edge but potentially risky new avenue for its large expat community to send money back home.

CRYPTOCURRENCIES

El Salvador first country to approve bitcoin as legal tender

09-06-2021 09:33 Lawmakers in El Salvador approve bill that will eventually allow digital currency to be used for many aspects of daily life, from property purchases to tax contributions.

PRESS FREEDOM

El Salvador's new Legislative Assembly removes tax break for newspapers

05-05-2021 18:36 El Salvador's Legislative Assembly, dominated by allies of President Nayib Bukele, has approved a bill that would remove tax break that benefits newspapers and other publications.

Bukele sparks outrage

Political crisis in El Salvador as lawmakers oust judges, attorney general

03-05-2021 13:44 A political storm has erupted in El Salvador after its Legislative Assembly, newly controlled by President Nayib Bukele's party, dismissed the attorney general and top judges deemed hostile to the populist leader.

News of bukele

Salvadoran president vows to buy "one #Bitcoin every day'

El Salvador extends state of emergency to curb wave of gang violence

IMF urges El Salvador to remove Bitcoin as legal tender

El Salvador president says half a million using new bitcoin wallet

In world first, bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador

El Salvador is banking on bitcoin, but will it work?

El Salvador first country to approve bitcoin as legal tender

El Salvador's new Legislative Assembly removes tax break for newspapers

Political crisis in El Salvador as lawmakers oust judges, attorney general

Five of eight accused of killing Fernando Báez Sosa handed life sentences

India overtakes China in population

Lucio Dupuy trial: Mother, partner found guilty of killing five-year-old

A guide to Carnaval 2023 in Buenos Aires

Báez Sosa’s parents say judges ‘fell short with sentences’

Qué dice la ley y en qué momento podrían salir de prisión los cinco rugbiers condenados a perpetua

La Policía de la Ciudad recluta jóvenes para unirse a la fuerza: cuáles son los requisitos y cuál es el sueldo

Sierra Chica, el violento penal donde podrían ir los rugbiers condenados por el crimen de Báez Sosa

Marta Cohen: “Tanta vacunación no hace bien al sistema inmune, aumenta la artritis"

Los Pertossi: el prontuario de la familia de tres de los acusados por el crimen de Báez Sosa