America El Salvador The first 2.000 inmates have been moved to the country’s newly constructed “mega-prison”, a facility that is now, according to President Nayib Bukele, the official centre piece of the state’s war on gangs
America El Salvador The country is planning to open a “Bitcoin Embassy” in the US, aiming to establish a Salvadorian Bitcoin representative office to work on new joint projects that promote the adoption of Bitcoin
America El Salvador The country - which has now the highest prison population rate ever - has officially inaugurated the largest jail in the world, with the capacity to house 40.000 prisoners
America El Salvador Over 60.000 gang members have been arrested since the beginning of the country’s state of emergency; now the government has stated that after nearly 2 decades, thousands of families whose houses were stolen by gangs are getting them back
America El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has announced the liberation of over 3.000 inmates that were arrested during the state’s crackdown on gangs, who after their trial were determined as innocent and wrongfully detained
America El Salvador This past year the country broke its personal record for renewable energy generation, by producing 83% of its total electricity through sustainable means
America El Salvador The government has deployed 10.000 troops to the gang-controlled areas of the country, planning to surround all of the areas and extract the members one by one to place them in the country’s newest, dedicated prison
America El Salvador As of today authorities have arrested over 2% of the country’s adult population: the UN has warned that El Salvador should control the number of arrests it has been executing
America El Salvador The state has ordered the destruction of the luxury tombs of Mara Salvatrucha members - an international gang involved in drug and human smuggling - as a way to completely erase the memory of such criminals from the country
America El Salvador The country has established the National Bitcoin Office, a completely new government authority which will be regulated by President Nayib Bukele and will focus on regulating everything related to Bitcoin
America El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has announced that starting this week, the country will buy one Bitcoin every single day for an indefinite amount of time
America El Salvador As the country has about $670 million of bonds due to pay in January, China has offered to buy El Salvador’s debt to help it refinance all foreign obligations
America El Salvador About 180.000 Salvadorans are at risk of being deported from the US after negotiations with President Joe Biden on the extension of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) — which allows families to temporarily stay in the US — fell apart