El Salvador 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.