El Salvador

President Nayib Bukele has announced that he is officially seeking re-election, despite the country’s constitution prohibiting presidents to serve consecutive terms

A year has passed since the state’s legalisation of Bitcoin as a legal tender, and since no major economic breakthroughs took place as a result, the IMF has shut down all negotiation opportunities for a possible financing plan for the country

President Nayib Bukele has publicly admitted that throughout the country’s ongoing state of emergency several unjust arrests have been done, so prisons have released approximately 800 wrongly convicted inmates

Just in the first few days of this month there has been a 195% increase in the country's terrestrial migratory flow

The government has extended the State of Emergency for a fourth time to continue its ongoing gang crackdown, however, citizens have taken the streets to protest since already over 46.000 people have been arrested

The UN is going to conduct a special mission in the country in order to evaluate the current emergency situation that is causing thousands of inmate deaths

In partnership with the NGO My First Bitcoin, the first generation of high school students with Bitcoin diplomas, specialised in Bitcoin studies, has officially graduated in the country

The ‘Guarantee Programme’ grants small companies the possibility to ask for loans with low guarantees in order to boost their business; the progran has been started by the ational Commission for Micro and Small Businesses and the Development Bank

A new investigation released by Amnesty International specified that the country is allegedly committing “massive human rights violations” during its ongoing gang crackdown, which includes thousands of arbitrary detentions and violations of due process

Finance Minister Alejandro Zelaya has stated that the country will further delay the launch of its anticipated $1 billion Bitcoin (BTC) bond, due to current price volatility and uncertain market conditions

The country has extended its state of emergency for a third consecutive month amid a widespread attempted eradication of gang violence, and has also approved a set of new anti-gang laws

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