News of el salvador

'Blue dollar' hits 420 – the reasons behind exchange rate turbulence

19-04-2023 12:31 Argentina’s complicated exchange rate spectrum was hit by further turbulence on Tuesday. The reasons behind the instability, according to the experts.

by Santiago Escobar

HUMAN RIGHTS

Inter-American court to hear first abortion rights case

22-03-2023 11:26 Woman, identified as "Beatríz", squaring off against El Salvador for case on the legality of denying access to abortion services

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

Feminists in El Salvador condemn state for denying woman life-saving abortion

08-03-2023 05:46 Feminist groups on Monday called on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to condemn El Salvador for denying a now deceased woman the possibility of aborting a brainless fetus in 2013, due to the criminalisation of termination of pregnancy in the country.

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.

Climate Change

Battered by climate change, Latin America must brace for worse: report

26-07-2022 14:22 Latin America is now experiencing the calamitous impacts of climate change: water shortages and food insecurity are making their impact on human life in the region. It will only get worse, says World Meteorological Organisation report.

Latin America

Ex-guerrilla takes on maverick in race to be Colombia's president

18-06-2022 01:20 A former leftist guerrilla and a millionaire businessman will go head-to-head on Sunday hoping to become the new president of Colombia.

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.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Raids uncover corrupt mayor’s stash of cash, guns and luxury cars

15-10-2021 12:32 Courts in Salta Province order police raids on 18 properties linked to Salvador Mazza Mayor Rubén Méndez, confiscating more than US$850,000 in cash, weapons and imported luxury cars.

News of el salvador

'Blue dollar' hits 420 – the reasons behind exchange rate turbulence

Inter-American court to hear first abortion rights case

Feminists in El Salvador condemn state for denying woman life-saving abortion

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

Battered by climate change, Latin America must brace for worse: report

Ex-guerrilla takes on maverick in race to be Colombia's president

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

IMF urges El Salvador to remove Bitcoin as legal tender

Raids uncover corrupt mayor’s stash of cash, guns and luxury cars

Swamp creatures have Javier Milei surrounded

Can Bullrich and Massa face the ‘Milei-tide’?

Milei and Perón: one heart?

Understanding why we vote differently – a conversation with Luis Ignacio Brusco

Hat-trick or the third wheel?

En plena campaña, Sofía Clerici blanqueó su romance con Martín Insaurralde en el Mediterráneo

El secretario de Gobierno de Ushuaia fue detenido en un control de ruta con 257 gramos de "droga zombie"

Sergio Massa presentará a Roberto Lavagna para mostrar estabilidad y orden económico

Javier Milei defendió a Martín Krause: "No entregamos gente buena por errores o frases desafortunadas"

Tras caminar los 60 kilómetros junto a los fieles, García Cuerva encabezó la misa de cierre en Luján