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Rights Commission urges El Salvador to respect rights

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is calling on the government of El Salvador to respect human rights, after authorities declared a state of emergency and rounded up 14,000 suspected gang members

The Independent UK

El Salvador president's mass arrests 'punitive populism'

El Salvador's security forces have arrested more than 10,000 suspected gang members in just over two weeks under rules that free them from having to explain an arrest or grant access to a lawyer

The Independent UK

Union: El Salvador police pressured to meet arrest cuotas

A police union in El Salvador says some National Civilian Police commanders have been pressuring officers to meet daily arrest quotas as part of the government’s crackdown on street gangs that have yielded more than 10,000 arrests

The Independent UK

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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

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.

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Miami’s crypto craze on full display at bitcoin conference

Thousands of cryptocurrency enthusiasts are gathering in Miami as the city builds its reputation as one of the key locations to develop the blockchain technology despite its underdog status

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

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

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

Biden official says US will likely see an uptick in asylum requests and immigration

LOS ANGELES — Democracy in Central America appears to be on the downslide.

Los Angeles Times

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

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

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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

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

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

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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.

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.”

Benzinga

US Lawmakers Want To Investigate El Salvador's Bitcoin Adoption; Bukele Says 'We Will Stand For Freedom'

Senators James Risch (R-Idaho), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) introduced the "Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador (ACES) Act" to investigate the impact of El Salvador's adoption of Bitcoin (CRYPTO:

Benzinga

El Salvador Taps Binance To Help With Bitcoin Adoption: What You Need To Know

El Salvador, the first country to adopt Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) as legal tender, is turning to Binance for help in its quest to issue bonds denominated in the apex coin.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Democracy is a victim of indifference

As President Joe Biden said in his State of the Union address, the ongoing crisis in Ukraine has starkly illustrated “the battle between democracy and autocracy,” and new research from Freedom House underscores just how dire this crisis of global democracy has become.

Los Angeles Times

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.

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.

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