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Abortion: El Salvador’s jailed women offer US glimpse of post-Roe future

‘Don’t let our reality become your reality,’ campaigners warn after woman is freed after decade behind bars for medical emergency ruled attempted murder

The Guardian - US

In El Salvador's gang crackdown, quotas drive 'arbitrary' arrests of innocents

Dozens of innocent people have been apprehended in El Salvador in recent months amid President Nayib Bukele's "war on gangs," after superiors forced officers to meet daily arrest quotas during a state of emergency, five officials told Reuters.

Reuters

Mysterious Mansion Ruins On An El Salvadoran Beach Captivate Onlookers

The villa may bear silent witness to the horrors of Hurricane Mitch, which hit Honduras and Nicaragua in 1998.

Zenger

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Woman who suffered miscarriage sentenced to 30 years for aggravated homicide in El Salvador

Campaigners point to Central American country as example of what ‘future without Roe entails’

The Independent UK

El Salvador's bet on bitcoin has been as volatile as expected

Fluctuations in the cryptocurrency's value have led to plummeting credit rates amidst fears of a default.

Input

El Salvador woman accused of abortion sentenced to 30 years in prison

Under the nation’s total ban on abortion, women have been sentenced to prison even after suffering apparent miscarriages that were reported to authorities.

Chicago Sun-Times

If You Invested $100 In Bitcoin (BTC) When El Salvador Made It Legal Tender, Here's How Much You'd Have Now

On June 9, 2021, the Central American nation of El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) as legal tender.

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El Salvador: woman sentenced to 30 years in prison for homicide after miscarriage

Activists say case offers a stark warning to women in the US, where the supreme court is considering overturning Roe v Wade

The Guardian - US

El Salvador spends $15 million on bitcoin to ‘buy the dip’

El Salvador has spent $15.4 million buying bitcoin as the price of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency drops.

Evening Standard

Buying Bitcoin Dip: Tron Founder Justin Sun Follows El Salvador's Nayib Bukele To Load Up 500 BTC

El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele decided to buy the Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) dip and acquire 500 BTC, setting an example that was fo

Benzinga

El Salvador jails woman for 30 years for homicide after obstetric emergency - group

A court in El Salvador jailed a woman for 30 years on Monday for killing her unborn baby daughter even though she had been suffering what she said was an obstetric emergency, an organization dedicated to decriminalizing abortion said.

Reuters

El Salvador Buys The Dip (Again)

The country became the first in the world to adopt it as legal tender in September 2021.

The Street

In 'Mothercoin', the labor of love transcends borders

Mothercoin, by Elizabeth Cummins Muñoz, takes an intimate look at the lives of immigrant nannies in Houston, and how their work in private homes affects their relationship with their own children.

WEKU

Killed by abortion laws: five women whose stories we must never forget

As the US supreme court threatens to undo 49 years of access to safe and legal terminations, five women who died because of bans on abortion stand as warnings of what is at stake globally

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Mexican leader meets with Salvador president amid crackdown

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador met with his Salvadoran counterpart, Nayib Bukele, but did not mention rights complaints about El Salvador’s massive roundup of suspected street gang members

The Independent UK

Rights groups cite 338 violations in El Salvador arrests

Five human rights groups say there have been complaints of at least 338 violations of human rights during El Salvador’s massive arrests of suspected gang members

The Independent UK

Mexican president to talk development, migration on tour

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador begins a lightning tour Thursday to four Central American countries and Cuba in five days to discuss his approach to development and ways it might help alleviate the pressure to migrate

The Independent UK

Rights groups criticize El Salvador's mass gang roundups

Human rights groups are criticizing El Salvador’s massive arrests of suspected gang members

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When feminism meets indie-rock

In this edition, Annette Young meets Haitian-Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist, Mélissa Laveaux, whose latest album celebrates strong women. Also we head to El Salvador which bans abortion in all cases, and where terminating a pregnancy can send a woman to jail for up to eight years. Plus why the…

Benzinga

Central African Republic Declares Bitcoin Legal Currency: Bloomberg

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has been declared as an official currency by The Central African Republic, the second nation in the world to accept the cryptocurrency as legal tender, Bloomberg reports. "Cryptomoney, including Bitcoin, is now considered an official currency in CAR," Albert Mokpeme, spokesman for President Faustin-Archange Touadera, stated. "By legalizing…

Benzinga

Buenos Aires Mayor Proposes Bitcoin Tax Payments, CItizens Owning Their Data

Horacio Rodriguez Larreta — the Mayor of Argentina's capital city and chief port Buenos Aires — is looking to have the city adopt cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), although not as completely as El Salvador.

AFP

Central African Republic adopts bitcoin as legal currency

Bangui (Central African Republic) (AFP) - The Central African Republic has adopted bitcoin as legal tender, the president's office said Wednesday, becoming the second country in the world to do so after El Salvador.

AFP

Relief and alarm as El Salvador rounds up 'gangsters'

San Salvador (AFP) - An unprecedented round up of alleged gangsters in El Salvador has netted thousands of suspects and brought relief to citizens living in constant fear.

Reason

El Salvador Detains 17,000 'Suspected Gang Members' Without Due Process

President Nayib Bukele extends “state of emergency” for El Salvador—allowing the police to continue to mass arrest people for little, if any, reason.

AFP

El Salvador extends state of emergency to curb gang violence

San Salvador (AFP) - El Salvador's lawmakers on Sunday extended a state of emergency for another month at the request of President Nayib Bukele, after it was imposed in late March to stamp out a wave of deadly gang violence.

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