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What Happens When A Country Builds Real Banks Around Bitcoin? El Salvador Is About To Show Us

El Salvador is signaling its next move in integrating Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) into its financial system, with plans underway to introduce banks centered entirely around the cryptocurrency.

Benzinga

Divided D.C. Circuit Panel Nixes Judge Boasberg's Criminal Contempt Order Against Trump Administration

Judge Katsas and Judge Rao disagreed on the reasons, but both agreed that Judge Boasberg overstepped; Judge Pillard dissented.

Reason

US court tosses judge’s contempt order over Trump’s El Salvador deportations

Decision from divided three-judge panel vacates a district judge’s finding of contempt against Trump administration

The Guardian - US

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Appeals court tosses judge's contempt finding against Trump administration in prison deportations

An appeals court is tossing out a judge’s contempt finding against President Donald Trump's administration in a case over deportations to an El Salvador prison

The Independent UK

State Department Nods To Indefinite Reelection In Bukele's El Salvador: 'It Is Up To Them'

The U.S. State Department appeared to nod to indefinite reelection in El Salvador, saying "the decision to make constitutional changes is theirs"

Latin Times

Fox News Host Says Texas Dems Will Be Sent To Prison In El Salvador If They Refuse To Cave To The GOP's Redistricting Push

Fox News host Jesse Watters said Texas authorities will direct law enforcement to send state lawmakers to prison in El Salvador if they refuse to return to the state to continue with the GOP's redistricting push

Latin Times

‘We have to clear our names’: Venezuelan makeup artist who survived Ice detention tries to rebuild his life

Andry José Hernández Romero was one of 251 men flown from Texas to the Cecot prison in El Salvador. Now he’s seeking justice

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State Department Scrambled To Deal With Triple Murderer Repatriated From Venezuela: 'We Did Get The S.O.B. Released'

State Department officials reportedly grappled with the knowledge that they were repatriating a triple murderer as part of an agreement with Venezuela and El Salvador

Latin Times

Another Venezuelan Is Suing Over His Deportation To El Salvador: 'An Officer Told Me I Was Going To Die There'

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) has filed a complaint on behalf of a Venezuelan national deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration

Latin Times

Opposition leaders say ‘democracy in El Salvador has died’ after scrapping of presidential term limits

Legislation allows rightwing president Nayib Bukele to seek unlimited terms, sparking fears of dictatorship

The Guardian - US

El Salvador Just Made It Legal for Bukele To Stay in Power Indefinitely

With near-total control of Congress, Nayib Bukele’s party eliminated key limits on presidential power.

Reason

El Salvador Abolishes Presidential Term Limits, Allowing Another Bukele Run

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele secured the right to seek indefinite re-election on Thursday after his party-controlled Congress approved a sweeping constitutional reform that also extends presidential terms from five to six years.

International Business Times

El Salvador Parliament Adopts Reform To Allow Bukele To Run Indefinitely

El Salvador's lawmakers on Thursday adopted a constitutional reform to abolish presidential term limits and allow current leader Nayib Bukele -- who enjoys overwhelming majority support in parliament -- to run indefinitely.

International Business Times

US placed on rights watchlist over health of its civil society under Trump

International non-profit Civicus says ‘sustained attacks on civic freedoms’ put US on par with El Salvador and Kenya

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First Thing: Famine under way in Gaza, UN-backed experts say

It comes as Donald Trump reduced deadline for Russia to move towards ending Ukraine war. Plus, eastern US swelters in heatwave

The Guardian - UK

‘Cemetery of the living dead’: Venezuelans recall 125 days in notorious El Salvador prison

Arturo Suárez and others deported in Trump’s anti-immigrant crackdown describe dire conditions at Cecot

The Independent UK

Justice Department files misconduct complaint against federal judge handling deportation case

The Justice Department has filed a misconduct complaint against the federal judge who has clashed with President Donald Trump’s administration over deportations to a notorious prison in El Salvador

The Guardian - US

Democrat urges hearing into ‘human rights abuses’ at El Salvador megaprison

Delia Ramirez calls for investigation into federal funds paid to El Salvador to detain migrants at secretive Cecot site

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Another Venezuelan Recounts Sexual Abuse Experienced In El Salvador's Infamous Prison After Being Released: 'I Didn't Want To Eat'

More testimonies are emerging of abuses suffered by Venezuelans taken to El Salvador's infamous CECOT prison by the Trump administration and recently released to Venezuela after a prisoner exchange

International Business Times

'Welcome To Hell': Freed Migrants Tell Of Horrors In Salvadoran Jail

Mervin Yamarte left Venezuela with his younger brother, hoping for a better life.

The Guardian - US

Men freed from El Salvador mega-prison endured ‘state-sanctioned torture’, lawyers say

Venezuelans back home under Maduro-Trump deal tell of isolation, beatings and dirty water – ‘a living nightmare’

Al Jazeera

Deported Venezuelan man files abuse complaint against the US government

Neiyerver Adrian Leon Rengel says he was falsely accused of being a gang member and beaten in an El Salvador prison.

The Independent UK

Labor rights group asks El Salvador's supreme court to strike down contentious 'foreign agents' law

A labor rights group in El Salvador has asked the Supreme Court to strike down a controversial “foreign agents” law

The Independent UK

Migrant sent to El Salvador prison by the Trump administration says he was beaten by guards

A migrant from Venezuela deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador has taken the first step toward suing the U.S. government

The Independent UK

Migrant deported to notorious El Salvador prison demands $1.3M from Trump administration after savage beatings, vile conditions and 24-hour confinement

First legal action after Venezuelans released from CECOT details ‘physical, verbal and psychological’ abuse inside

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