El Salvador

The World Tourism Organisation has confirmed that the country has gained back the tourism it had before the pandemic — this being initially expected by 2024, thus demonstrating the speed and effectiveness of the tourism policies implemented

Hundreds of human rights groups have been protesting during the last few days criticising the massive arrests done by authorities of allegedly 22.000 suspected gang members

Authorities in the country have arrested more than 10.000 suspected gang members, President Nayib Bukele said he pushes to eliminate violent crime following a recent rise in murders

The UN and Amnesty International expressed their concerns toward’s the country’s current State of Emergency caused by its violence, mentioning alleged inhumane treatment authorities are giving to detained criminals

The country has temporarily suspended taxes on gas; gas stations that still charge taxes to their customers have started to be heavily fined by authorities for non respecting the decree

The government cut down gas taxes, increased gas subsidies and temporarily prohibited the price increase of public transportation in order to alleviate the economic situation

The current conflict between Russia and Ukraine is causing increasing worries in El Salvador’s farmers, expecting their crops to heavily suffer, as the two nations are the country’s biggest fertilizer and pesticide suppliers

The Ministry of Tourism declared that ever since Bitcoin became a legal tender, tourism has grown by approximately 30%

The IMF reports that ever since Bitcoin became a legal tender less than a year ago, it has approximately cost 1% of GDP for the country

Delays in shipment and logistics processes have caused a 45% price increase in dairy products