Bitcoin, crypto firms move to El Salvador, but success rides on banking access
Yet even in El Salvador—the world’s Bitcoin trailblazer, which passed its Bitcoin Law in 2021 and has been steadily adding ...
When El Salvador agreed to put migrants in "mega-prison," the U.S. paved the way for nuclear power
Bukele said he would charge the United States a "relatively low" fee to house convicted criminals in El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, a mega-prison built to hold up to 40,000 ...
El País in English8d
Marco Rubio takes a victory lap on his first tour of Latin America
Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Dominican Republic welcomed Trump’s representative with open arms. But before ...
U.S. supports the Kenya-led mission in Haiti, Rubio says as more troops arrive
The United States is committed to working with the Kenya-led multinational security support mission in Haiti, but its numbers ...
PBS8d
4 takeaways from Rubio’s first trip abroad as secretary of state
The five-nation tour to Central America — a destination Rubio deliberately chose for his maiden voyage as President Donald ...
MyNorthwest.com9d
Two years on, survivors of Turkish earthquake still struggle with loss and hardship
Two years have passed since a devastating earthquake shattered Turkey’s southern region, but for Omer Aydin and many other of its ...
IJR10d
‘Extraordinary’: El Salvador Agrees To Take In Any Gangbangers, Convicted Criminals Deported Out Of US
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has agreed to imprison convicted criminals from any country that have been ordered ...
The Hamilton Spectator17d
El Salvador’s Congress clears hurdle to speed constitutional reforms
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Congress ratified a constitutional reform Wednesday that will make it easier and faster to make constitutional changes in the future, a change ...
The Washington Post23d
Mauricio Funes, former El Salvador leader who fled to exile, dies at 65
As a journalist with El Salvador’s independent television station ... officials siphoned off aid money after a devastating earthquake in 2001. “[This] made him an uncomfortable figure for ...
OPB1mon
Biden extends protections for immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador and Ukraine
That year, El Salvador became the first country to be granted TPS for two years due to the civil war. It was renewed in 2001 after a series of devastating earthquakes. The country’s TPS ...
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Strong Earthquake Strikes El Salvador
A strong earthquake hit El Salvador on Thursday, causing residents to take to the streets, The Associated Press (AP) reported. The AP said there were no initial reports of damage from the earthquake.