America El Salvador Chivo, El Salvador’s state-owned Bitcoin wallet, has fallen victim of a cybersecurity breach; parts of the wallet’s source code and VPN access credentials were published by a team of hackers
America El Salvador The majority of Salvadorans support President Nayib Bukele's exceptional regime against gangs, but many disagree with suspending constitutional guarantees, according to recent University study
America El Salvador El Salvador's economic growth in 2023 was the highest in the last 30 years, according to the latest data from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR)
America El Salvador This week El Salvador marks two years under a state of exception, initiated after an extortion-motivated massacre of 87 people in March 2022; to date, the government has captured 78.175 alleged gang members
America El Salvador The country has stored over US$400 million in Bitcoin in an offline "cold wallet," as the cryptocurrency hits new all-time highs; President, Nayib Bukele, called it El Salvador's “first crypto piggy bank”
America El Salvador Reelected President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, who already holds a majority in Congress, has further expanded his presence by winning 43 out of 44 municipal councils in the Sunday elections
America El Salvador Several foreign individuals have received Salvadoran passports after investing in bitcoin through the "Adopting El Salvador" program, where investors commit to a USD1 million investment in bitcoin or USD and can then obtain a passport
America El Salvador The World Travel and Tourism Council revealed that El Salvador is poised to experience the highest growth in international tourist arrivals in the first half of 2024 throughout Latin America, with a projected 157% increase attributed to citizen security
America El Salvador El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, despite opposition allegations of irregularities, declared himself the winner of the general elections with over 85% of the votes, emphasizing his projects, amongst which a 15% VAT increase
America El Salvador El Salvador's teachers took to the streets on January 26 to demand higher pay for this upcoming school year
America El Salvador 88% of Salvadorans did not use Bitcoin in 2023 - an Institute of Public Opinion study reveals - despite the cryptocurrency being legal tender alongside the US dollar in El Salvador
America El Salvador President Nayib Bukele took his presidential reelection campaign beyond El Salvador's borders to capitalise on his rising profile across Latin America, and he affirmed that he doesn’t aspire to indefinite reelection
America El Salvador Former Salvadoran president Alfredo Cristiani is facing a detention order for covering up the El Mozote massacre during the civil war, being accused of decreeing amnesty to avoid prosecuting those responsible