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'I lost my youth': Women jailed for miscarriages in El Salvador

San Salvador (AFP) - Kenia was 17 when, she says, she had a miscarriage after a fall and was sent to jail on suspicion of having had an abortion in El Salvador.

AFP

El Salvador's president buys Bitcoins 'naked,' he boasts. His experiment is costing his nation millions

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Four months into El Salvador's experiment as the first and only country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal currency, the International Monetary Fund had seen enough.

Los Angeles Times

El Salvador Has Unexpected Benefit From Bitcoin Adoption

El Salvador began accepting bitcoin as legal tender in September.

The Street

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Salvadoran women freed from jail after abortion convictions seek clemency for others

Four Salvadoran women recently freed from prison after a judicial review of their convictions for aggravated homicide following miscarriages called on Tuesday for another 12 women being prosecuted in El Salvador under similar circumstances to have their charges quashed.

Reuters

Bukele to propose granting Salvadoran citizenship to foreign investors

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on Sunday said he will send Congress a proposal to grant citizenship to foreigners who invest in the Central American country as well as other initiatives to reduce government hurdles in order to attract investment projects.

Reuters

Matt Turner's Ability to Live His Dream Is Another Tool in His Arsenal

The U.S. goalkeeper will leave MLS for the Premier League this summer in a move that represents the reward for his unorthodox career and ascent.

Sports Illustrated

In Latin America's new Cold War, will China lift up autocrats?

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador's president and the Chinese ambassador traded flatteries this month as they broke ground on a new national library, one of a slew of gifts China has promised this small mountainous nation as part of its vigorous quest to gain influence across Central America.

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El Salvador President Takes Shots At Joe Biden As Senate Proposal Questions Central American Country's Bitcoin Adoption

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has taken a dig at U.S.

Benzinga

El Salvador's Bukele tells bitcoin-wary U.S. senators to stay out of internal affairs

President Nayib Bukele on Wednesday asked U.S. senators to stay out of El Salvador's "internal affairs" after they called for an investigation into the economic risks the United States faces due to the Central American country's adoption of bitcoin as legal tender.

Reuters

El Salvador frees woman jailed for homicide after having a miscarriage

The 38-year-old - identified only as Elsy - had served about a third of her 30-year prison sentence

The Independent UK

El Salvador woman freed after 10 years in prison for abortion

San Salvador (AFP) - An El Salvadorian woman was freed from prison Wednesday, after the remaining 20 years of her 30-year sentence for having an abortion were commuted.

AFP

El Salvador frees woman jailed for homicide after miscarriage, says rights group

Salvadoran authorities on Wednesday freed a woman who had served a decade of a 30-year sentence on charges of aggravated homicide after suffering a miscarriage, according to a local rights group.

Reuters

Concacaf World Cup Qualifying Scenarios: How Canada, USMNT, Mexico Can Reach Qatar

It's the 2026 tournament cohosts who are in the strongest shape to make it to Qatar later this year. Here's what lies ahead in the final qualifying window.

Sports Illustrated

Canada on brink, US ice Honduras in big chill

Los Angeles (AFP) - Canada moved to the brink of their first World Cup finals appearance in 36 years on Wednesday with a 2-0 win over El Salvador as the United States reignited their qualification campaign with victory against Honduras.

AFP

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The Canadian Press

Canada downs El Salvador, keeps rolling in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Captain Atiba Hutchinson, on the verge of his 39th birthday, and young gun Jonathan David ensured unbeaten Canada kept rolling towards Qatar 2022.

The Conversation

'Worthy of a Bond villain': the bizarre history of libertarian attempts to create independent cities

Late last year, El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele announced plans to build “Bitcoin City” – a tax-free territory in the country’s east.

The Canadian Press

Turmoil for El Salvador soccer team ahead of World Cup qualifier against Canada

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The El Salvador national men's soccer team threatened not to play Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Canada over a dispute with its national federation, only to recant soon after.

Sports Illustrated

USMNT’s Capacity to Be Resilient Meets Its Most Pressing Moment Yet

The few times the U.S. has had its back to the wall under Gregg Berhalter, it has responded. Another such effort is needed under daunting circumstances vs. Honduras.

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The Canadian Press

Herdman says Canadian men head to El Salvador with support of the nation behind them

The Canadian men flew south to El Salvador on Tuesday to take the next step on their remarkable World Cup qualifying journey.

The Canadian Press

Canada calls up Zachary Brault-Guillard for World Cup qualifier in El Salvador

Canada has called up defender Zachary Brault-Guillard ahead of its World Cup qualifier in El Salvador.

Sports Illustrated

Risk or Brisk? Cold Weather Serves as Intentional Setting for Under-Fire USMNT

The U.S. needs to beat Honduras to stay on track for the World Cup, and it's going to great—and some would say risky—lengths to inconvenience the opponent.

Benzinga

El Salvador Won't Bow To IMF Pressure To Drop Bitcoin Legal Tender: Treasury Minister

El Salvador's treasury minister Alejandro Zelaya recently expressed his anger over the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) sustained pressure to drop Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) as legal tender in his country, and said that it will have no result.

The Independent UK

Bitcoin price surges as El Salvador rejects IMF call to ditch BTC as currency

‘Countries are sovereign nations and they take sovereign decisions about public policy,’ says Salvadoran Treasury Minister

Reuters

Human rights groups voice concern about allegations of surveillance in El Salvador

International human rights groups called on Monday for authorities in El Salvador to open an investigation into allegations that journalists and activists had their phones hacked and implanted with the sophisticated spyware Pegasus.

The Independent UK

El Salvador angrily rejects IMF call to drop Bitcoin use

The government of El Salvador has rejected a recommendation by the International Monetary Fund to drop Bitcoin as legal tender

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