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Concern that Nicaragua repression could be "model" in region

Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega’s government has closed seven radio stations this week owned by the Roman Catholic church, as well as two other outlets serving the largely rural northern area with a history of opposition

The Independent UK

In El Salvador, discrepancy over deaths and mass graves alarms critics

In El Salvador, testimony from police officers and conflicting statistics on mass graves are leading critics to question if homicides in the Central American country are being fully reported as access to official information tightens.

Reuters

Salvadoran Archbishop praises government crackdown on gangs

The Roman Catholic archbishop of San Salvador is praising a months-long state of emergency that has rounded of tens of thousands of suspects in a crackdown on gangs

The Independent UK

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US publishes list of alleged bad actors in Central America

The U.S. State Department has named 60 current and former officials, as well as some corporate figures in its latest list of people suspected of corruption or undermining democracy in four Central American countries

The Independent UK

El Salvador extends state of exception in gang crackdown

El Salvador’s congress has granted President Nayib Bukele another 30-day extension of the state of exception that has suspended fundamental rights since a surge in gang killings in late March

The Independent UK

‘Each day is agony’: the lives swept up in El Salvador’s mass arrests

As President Nayib Bukele arrests tens of thousands over gang fears, activists and family members grapple with the fallout

The Guardian - US

El Salvador Just Bought Another $1.5M Bitcoin: 'Thank You For Selling Cheap'

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele announced today that the nation has acquired an additional 80 Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) at an average price of $19,000 each.

Benzinga

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El Salvador's Bitcoin-boosting leader buys $1.5 million more

El Salvador’s Bitcoin-boosting president is back at it, doubling down on his country's losing investment in the cryptocurrency by buying over $1.5 million more

The Independent UK

El Salvador to escalate its security crackdown after death of police officers

President Nayib Bukele vowed to step up its ‘war on gangs’ even as 2% of the country’s population is jailed

The Guardian - US

Salvadoran president vows tougher war on gangs after police killed

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador pledged on Tuesday that his government will "intensify" already tough efforts to combat gangs after three police officers were gunned down earlier in the day.

Reuters

U.S. pressures El Salvador to extradite wanted MS-13 leaders

The U.S. State Department on Friday asked authorities in El Salvador to "immediately" extradite leaders of the international criminal gang MS-13 to be put on trial in the United States.

Reuters

Bitcoin-boosting Salvadoran leader asks for patience

El Salvador’s Bitcoin-boosting president is asking people to be patient after the price of the cryptocurrency fell below $20,000 _ less than half the price the government paid

The Independent UK

Bitcoin-boosting Salvadoran leader may have second thoughts

El Salvador's Bitcoin-boosting president may be having second thoughts about the crypto-currency, whose value has tanked in recent weeks

The Independent UK

Summit of the Americas underscores regional divides

Biden doesn't have many friends in the region.

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The Independent UK

Salvadoran leader rebuffs Blinken effort to bolster summit

In the run-up to this week's Summit of the Americas, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador rebuffed attempts by U.S. officials to set up a phone call with Secretary of State Antony Blinken

Reason

El Salvador's Latest Gang Crackdown Includes Human Rights Violations

President Nayib Bukele is using brutal tools to solve a problem driven partly by U.S. immigration policy.

The Guardian - US

‘It’s a war on the people’: El Salvador’s mass arrests send thousands into despair

At least 38,000 people have been arrested under Nayib Bukele’s draconic state of exemption

Benzinga

Four Good Reasons to Be Optimistic About Bitcoin: Is Bitcoin the cryptocurrency of the future?

So far in 2022, the entire crypto market has been impacted by wider economic and political uncertainties, led by Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), with prices down more than 50% over the past six months and the price heading for the ninth consecutive red weekly candle.

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The Independent UK

A crackdown in El Salvador, and fears of arbitrary arrests

Over the past 10 weeks, El Salvador’s security forces have arrested more than 36,000 people since the congress granted President Nayib Bukele the power to suspend some civil liberties to pursue powerful street gangs

The Guardian - US

El Salvador accused of ‘massive’ human rights violations with 2% of adults in prison

More than 36,000 people arrested in just over two months in crackdown orchestrated by President Nayib Bukele

The Independent UK

El Salvador extends anti-gang emergency for another month

El Salvador’s congress has granted a request by President Nayib Bukele for a second one-month extention of the country’s anti-gang emergency decree

Reuters

In El Salvador, emergency edict extended as dragnet stirs criticism

El Salvador extended on Wednesday a state of emergency pushed by President Nayib Bukele, with lawmakers overwhelmingly backing the measure that has given security forces extra powers to fight gangs.

The Independent UK

Trump news – live: Ex-president shrugs off potential 2024 challenge from Mike Pence

‘Any of my fellow Republicans wanna speak out now’

Salon

Trump slammed for "civil war" post

Conservative critics call out the GOP for their silence on Trump's escalating rhetoric: "They're terrified of him"

The Independent UK

Trump news - live: Madison Cawthorn facing House Ethics Committee investigation

‘Any of my fellow Republicans wanna speak out now’

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