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The Latest Breaking News from El Salvador

‘I Have So Much Fear That They’re Going to Torture Me’

The U.S. keeps deporting people back to El Salvador, where they're likely to be imprisoned and tortured.

Capital & Main

El Salvador closes 2024 with a record low number of homicides

El Salvador closed 2024 with a record low 114 homicides, continuing notable security gains under a second full year of a state of emergency that has given the government extraordinary powers and curtailed some fundamental rights

The Independent UK

‘Live sick or flee’: pollution fears for El Salvador’s rivers as mining ban lifted

The landmark prohibition on mining in 2017, a world first, has been reversed by authoritarian leader Nayib Bukele but the move has met fierce resistance from environmentalists

The Guardian - UK

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'Buy Bitcoin' Trends On X As El Salvador's Strategic Reserve Hits 6,000 $BTC

X is teeming with "Buy Bitcoin" posts as $BTC struggles to break above $95,000 following a $99,000 surge last week – will new holders take the advice of veteran holders to buy the dip?

International Business Times

Latin America’s rise in tuberculosis linked to imprisonment rates

Study warns region’s exponential rise in incarceration is fuelling the disease, with cases increasing by 19% between 2015 and 2022

The Guardian - UK

El Salvador's Congress approves ending ban on metals mining

El Salvador's Congress has approved a law that would lift the country’s seven-year-old ban on mining for metals

The Independent UK

Still $BTC Country: 'Headlines About The IMF Are Wrong,' Says El Salvador Bitcoin Office Director

El Salvador had to concede to some of the IMF's conditions to reach an agreement with the UN financial agency for a massive loan that could help boost its ailing economy, but it clarified Sunday that it will not give up on its Bitcoin strategic reserve.

International Business Times

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International court rules against El Salvador in key abortion rights case

Court finds Central American country violated rights of a pregnant woman who was denied an abortion in 2013

The Guardian - US

Court Rules Against El Salvador In Controversial Abortion Case

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Friday ruled against El Salvador for barring a woman from getting an abortion, despite her life being at risk and her fetus being unviable.

International Business Times

El Salvador Plans To Sell Or Shut Its Crypto Wallet

The announcement came after the Central American nation's government reached a $1.4 billion loan deal with the International Monetary Fund that addressed its controversial embrace of bitcoin.

Latin Times

IMF Pressures El Salvador To Stop Pushing Bitcoin

In exchange, the government is getting a $1.4 billion loan.

Reason

Bitcoin Country No More? El Salvador Bends To Secure IMF Loan

El Salvador has reached an agreement with IMF staff to secure a $3.5 billion funding package, but not without consequences that could hit Nayib Bukele's grandiose vision of a "Bitcoin country."

International Business Times

$BTC Hits $108,000 As Experts Clash Over US Bitcoin Strategic Reserve

Bitcoin once again hit another price record Tuesday night amid optimism over a U.S. $BTC reserve, but not everyone is convinced a Bitcoin fund will work – what are the experts saying?

International Business Times

Democracy across the Americas is in crisis

Political crises are rocking several nations of the Americas. From El Salvador and Venezuela to Bolivia, Argentina and the United States, political crises are posing serious challenges to democratic institutions.

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Latin Times

Trump Is Also Approaching El Salvador About Potentially Receiving Deportees

The transition team has reached out to the country through back channels. It is unclear whether the Bukele government will be open to the possibility

Reason

El Salvador's New Cybersecurity Laws Raise Concerns Over Media Freedom

Proponents call it modernization, but watchdogs see a path to censorship.

International Business Times

Bitcoin Tops $106,000 For The First Time – What's Next For World's Top Crypto?

Bitcoin has exceeded $106,000, breaking its previous all-time highs amid high hopes for an American national strategic $BTC reserve after Texas, a pro-crypto state, introduced a bill to establish a state Bitcoin reserve.

Latin Times

Who Is Ronald Johnson, The CIA Veteran and Bukele Ally Chosen By Trump To Be The Next U.S. Ambassador to Mexico

With decades of experience in the CIA and military, Johnson forged a strong partnership with President Bukele to combat gang violence in El Salvador

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Al Jazeera

What could Trump’s return to the White House mean for Latin America?

Analysts say US President-elect Donald Trump’s second term is poised to bolster far-right groups and strain trade ties.

Latin Times

Trump Passes Over Kari Lake In His Choice For Ambassador To Mexico

Ronald Johnson, a former ambassador to El Salvador, has been chosen for the post.

International Business Times

President's Push To Scrap Gold Mining Ban Causes Outcry In El Salvador

El Salvador's gang-busting strongman President Nayib Bukele has set out on a new mission: to kickstart his country's sputtering economy by inviting back the mining companies that were barred seven years ago.

Benzinga

El Salvador Relaxes Bitcoin Rules To Seal $1.3 Billion Loan

El Salvador close to $1.3B loan deal with IMF, contingent on changes to Bitcoin policy and fiscal deficit reduction. President Bukele focuses on economic revival and foreign investment.

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El Salvador's Bitcoin Investment Reaches 0 Million

El Salvador's bitcoin adoption and soaring value spark celebrations, protests, and concerns.

The Guardian - UK

Beatriz v El Salvador: the abortion case that could set a precedent across Latin America

Activists targeted as US-linked hard-right campaigns sow disinformation ahead of inter-American court of human rights ruling on case of woman who was denied abortion in 2013

The Independent UK

Catholic church calls on president of El Salvador not to lift ban on gold mining

The Roman Catholic Church has called on the president of El Salvador not to lift the country's ban on gold mining

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