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In cooperation with gangs and with massive popular support, Nayib Bukele is cracking down on dissidents and massively ...
By Mathew Cohen El Salvador commemorated the fourth anniversary of its groundbreaking Bitcoin law by purchasing 21 BTC worth ...
From a lost city submerged in ash to a still-smouldering volcano, centuries of history are easily accessed in Central America ...
I was working in El Salvador when President Nayib Bukele declared a state of exception. In 2022, after a sudden spike in ...
El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele claims his government is still buying Bitcoin, despite the IMF claiming otherwise.
President Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on gangs has brought peace to El Salvador, but the price, some Salvadorans say, has been the loss of civil liberties. “We used to be afraid of the gangs,” says one ...
El Salvador’s president addressed the UN General Assembly on Tuesday in a speech in which he highlighted that his country went from being known as the most dangerous place in the world “to being on ...
Tourism in El Salvador has soared in the first half of 2022. Up 82.8% just this year, there were 1.1 million visitors to El Salvador this year, according to government figures. That’s despite the ...
President Nayib Bukele says that his new education minister, a military officer, will restore discipline to schools where ...
El Salvador's Bitcoin Office celebrates the four-year anniversary of adopting Bitcoin on a national level, but the results of the policies remain a mixed bag.
Small business owners across El Salvador will be greatly impacted by the country's transition to Bitcoin. The question is, how? This photo is actually from the 1960's—similar pupuserias can be seen ...
Left-wing rebels and government forces (pictured) fought in a 12-year civil between 1979-92 A chronology of key events 1524 - Spanish adventurer Pedro de Alvarado conquers El Salvador. 1540 - ...