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Blockstream's Samson Mow Helps Build El Salvador's Bitcoin City

Samson Mow — the former chief strategy officer at major Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)-centric tech firm Blockstream — has launched JAN3, a company raising $21 million at a $100-million valuation to accelerate Bitcoin adoption.

Benzinga

In response to killings, El Salvador’s bitcoin president attacks civil liberties

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — After a dramatic spike in killings here over a single weekend last month, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s reaction was swift — and extreme.

Los Angeles Times

Did Gang Violence Force El Salvador President To Call Off Bitcoin Conference Appearance?

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said he is canceling his participation in the upcoming Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) conference due to “unforeseen circumstances” in his home country.

Benzinga

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USMNT to Host Grenada, Play at El Salvador in June Nations League Matches

The U.S. has learned its schedule for the Concacaf Nations League group stage, which doubles as part of the team’s preparations for the 2022 World Cup.

Sports Illustrated

El Salvador threatens prison for media sharing gang messages

El Salvador’s congress has approved laws that would impose prison sentences of 10 to 15 years for news media that reproduce messages from the country’s street gangs, and that's alarming press freedom groups

The Independent UK

El Salvador making it harder for murderous gangs to spread messages

Waging a campaign against gangs responsible for El Salvador having one of the world's highest murder rates, Congress in the Central American republic passed a bill on Tuesday criminalizing the publication of gang messages, including by news outlets.

Reuters

El Salvador leader says he'll cut all food for gang inmates

El Salvador’s president has threatened to stop providing food for imprisoned members of street gangs

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El Salvador reels as 6,000 people arrested in unprecedented crackdown

Authoritarian populist president Nayib Bukele has suspended rights in state of emergency justified as attack on MS13 gang

The Guardian - US

Concacaf Nations League Draw Helps Chart Course for USMNT Before World Cup

The U.S. only has six matches before the World Cup begins, two of which take place in the Concacaf Nations League group stage.

Sports Illustrated

El Salvador's bitcoin experiment makes tech tourists happy but the locals are not convinced

El Salvador's adoption of bitcoin as a national currency is gaining massive support from crypto enthusiasts and "tech bros" around the world. So what do the locals think?

ABC News

Mexico, USA Clinch World Cup Berths

The United States and Mexico booked their tickets to the World Cup finals in Qatar on Wednesday after securing the results needed to claim the last two automatic qualifying places from the CONCACAF region. The USA were beaten 2-0 by Costa Rica in San Jose to finish third in the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

El Salvador boosts jail time for gang members after rash of murders

El Salvador's gang lords and their followers will face prison sentences ranging from 20 to 45 years under penal reforms passed by Congress on Wednesday in the wake of 89 registered murders, allegedly by groups like MS-13, over the weekend.

Reuters

The USMNT’s World Cup Qualifying Timeline of Redemption

The U.S. is headed to Qatar, turning the page on the previous group’s failure to compete in Russia. Here’s how Gregg Berhalter’s young American squad got it done.

Sports Illustrated

Costa Rica 2-0 USA: World Cup 2022 qualifying – as it happened

Minute-by-minute report: The USMNT confirmed their place in Qatar with a 2-0 defeat to Costa Rica’s Estadio Nacional on Wednesday night

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How to watch Mexico vs. El Salvador, live stream, TV channel, time, lineups, World Cup Qualifiers

Mexico will meet El Salvador in World Cup qualifying action on Wednesday night from the Estadio Azteca.

The Independent UK

El Salvador has day without murder under state of emergency

El Salvador experienced its first day without a killing since imposing a state of emergency following a rash of gang violence last weekend

The Independent UK

El Salvador forces encircle neighborhoods in gang crackdown

El Salvador’s security forces have intensified their operations against the country’s street gangs with mass arrests, the cordoning off of entire neighborhoods and house-by-house searches under a state of emergency sought by President Nayib Bukele

Daily Mirror

7 great international rivalries as Netherlands gear up to face enemies Germany

International football can often get an unfair reputation for being less exciting than its club counterpart but there is always drama whenever the sides mentioned below meet

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The Independent UK

El Salvador arrests 600 gang suspects, cuts food for inmates

The government of El Salvador has arrested more than 600 gang suspects and ordered reductions in food for inmates, after a wave of killings over the weekend

The Guardian - US

USA 5-1 Panama: World Cup 2022 qualifying – as it happened

Minute-by-minute report: The Americans took a huge step towards Qatar 2020 after their rout of Panama

Tribune News Service

El Salvador declares state of emergency as gang murders soar

El Salvador’s National Assembly in an early morning session on Sunday approved a state of emergency request made by President Nayib Bukele to tame a wave of gang-related killings over the weekend.

The Independent UK

El Salvador declares state of emergency over gang murders after 62 killings in one day

Wave of bloodshed over weekend believed to be linked to country’s notorious and powerful street gangs

Reuters

El Salvador invokes emergency powers after surge in homicides

El Salvador's Congress approved on Sunday emergency powers that temporarily suspended some constitutional protections after the Central American country recorded a sharp rise in killings attributed to criminal gangs.

The Guardian - US

Trial over brutal killings sheds light on MS-13 and power of US street gangs

Complex social and political elements swirl round gang – with roots in El Salvador – accused of hacking four US teens to death

Benzinga

El Salvador President Dubs Reports Of Delay In Bitcoin Bonds Issue As 'FUD'

Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, appealed to his 3.6 million Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) followers to not spread “Reuters FUD.”

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