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El Salvador Records 70% Less Murders In 2023

In 2022, the country experienced a staggering 495 murders; however, this number witnessed a significant decline in 2023, reaching a low of only 154 murders.

Latin Times

Most Affordable Travel Destinations For Backpackers In 2024: Enjoy Without Breaking The Bank

If you want to go backpacking this year, check out our list of most affordable travel destinations for backpackers.

International Business Times

Zuleyka Rivera Explores Waterfall Road Trip in El Salvador

Discover the adventure of Zuleyka Rivera as she enjoys a road trip with friends in El Salvador, experiencing the beauty of Cascadas de Tamanique waterfall....

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Amid Argentina's Currency Woes, Expert Santiago Siri Lauds the Potential of Bitcoin

Milei leans towards dollarization as a solution to address inflation; Santiago Siri says the new President is "missing a tremendous opportunity"

Latin Times

El Salvador’s Bitcoin ‘Volcano Bond’ could be issued early next year after approval by regulator

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele first announced the Volcano Bond in 2021.

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El Salvador became the first country to accept Bitcoin as legal tender. Now it’s offering citizenship for a $1 million ‘investment’

The Central American nation led by Nayib Bukele is partnering with the controversial stablecoin Tether on the initiative.

Fortune

El Salvador's Bitcoin Investment Sees Over $3M Gains Amid Crypto Rally

Bukele said that it has never been El Salvador's objective to sell its Bitcoin and while he confirmed that they are well aware the crypto asset's price will fluctuate, he underlined that it does not impact the country's long-term strategy.

International Business Times

El Salvador is seeing worst rights abuses since 1980-1992 civil war, Amnesty reports

A report by Amnesty International says El Salvador is experiencing one of the worst human rights crises since the country's 1980-1992 civil war, because of President Nayib Bukele's harsh anti-gang crackdown

The Independent UK

Bitcoin in El Salvador: Bukele Celebrates Profits after BTC Surpasses $42,000

Bukele highlighted the balance as he criticized the media for writing articles when it was in the red. "We have no intention of selling," he said

Latin Times

Detainees in El Salvador's gang crackdown cite abuse during months in jail

Thousands of detainees swept up in El Salvador's gang crackdown over the past 1 1/2 years have been released from pre-trial detention

The Independent UK

Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios wins Miss Universe crown

Miss Nicaragua, Sheynnis Palacios, has won the Miss Universe competition in El Salvador, the first to wear the crown from her country

The Independent UK

El Salvador's Miss Universe pageant drawing attention at crucial moment for president

The Miss Universe competition hosted by El Salvador is the latest spectacle touted by President Nayib Bukele in his efforts to change the reputation of his historically violence-torn nation

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Authorities in El Salvador dismantle smuggling ring, arrest 10 including 2 police officers

Police in El Salvador have arrested 10 people accused of operating a migrant smuggling ring

The Independent UK

Tropical Storm Pilar dumps heavy rains on Central America leaving at least 2 dead

Tropical Storm Pilar is lashing Central America with heavy rains that have already been blamed for two deaths in El Salvador as it meanders off the Pacific coast

The Independent UK

Tropical Storm Pilar heads toward El Salvador and is expected to bring heavy rain to Central America

Tropical Storm Pilar threatened to bring heavy rain and flash flooding to El Salvador and other parts of Central America as it sat just off the Pacific coast

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A survivor recalls horrors of Mexico's migrant center fire that almost killed him

A man from El Salvador describes inhumane treatment by Mexican authorities leading up to the deadly fire at a migration detention in Mexico in March.

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The Independent UK

El Salvador is gradually filling its new mega prison with alleged gang members

With tattoo-covered faces, wearing white shirts and shorts, gang members captured during El Salvador’s state of exception are gradually filling the country’s new mega prison

The Guardian - US

‘It has a price’: war photographer Corinne Dufka on capturing conflict

The esteemed photographer has spent more then a decade in places such as Bosnia and Liberia, remembered in a powerful new book

The Independent UK

El Salvador's leader, criticized internationally for gang crackdown, tells UN it was the right thing

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has trumpeted the success of his gang crackdown during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly

Zenger

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bet Pays Off As Bonds Skyrocket With 70% Returns

El Salvador president Nayib Bukele's embracing of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) was initially met with skepticism on Wall Street

The Independent UK

As free press withers in El Salvador, pro-government social media influencers grow in power

An expanding network of social media personalities is amplifying and echoing President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador

The Independent UK

New ferry linking El Salvador and Costa Rica aims to cut shipping times, avoid border problems

A new ferry line for commerce moving through Central America began operating Thursday, directly connecting El Salvador and Costa Rica to the exclusion of Nicaragua and Honduras

The Week

El Salvador’s controversial crackdown on gangs

Human rights groups may be raising the alarm over El Salvador’s brutal crackdown on gang violence, but the policy is winning huge support for the country’s young president both at home and abroad.

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